All news by author James Smith

More than £4 million worth of armoured civilian cars were left behind by the UK as the Western allies withdrew from Afghanistan.

Pasty maker Ginsters’ parent company has been fined £1.28m after an employee was killed by a lorry that was delivering supplies.

Delayed filings reveal cost of sacking 786 seafarers and replacing them with lower-paid agency staff in 2022

Less than two months after a four-year sentence for wildlife trafficking, a Colombian court has released Fernando Rodríguez Mondragón—a son of the late drug lord Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela—following a deal with prosecutors.

Sara Sharif’s father told jurors he "did not intend to kill" his daughter, despite admitting he repeatedly hit Sara over the head with a mobile phone in the run-up to her death.

Donald Trump has confirmed Elon Musk will head a new department aimed at creating a more efficient government.

People are wrapping their cars in cling film and thousands have been evacuated from their homes after a red weather alert was issued for extreme rain in the Costa del Sol.

Google users could endure disastrous consequences if they type an unusual search request into the site, experts say after research into computer and data hacking

Anti-cybercrime cops in Spain have traced an alleged scammer back to Lanzarote, as Brits have been warned to be wary of being falling victim to scams while on holiday

The London Metropolitan Police have named Hilkiah McLeggan, 77, as the victim of a knifeman who descended on East Street Market in a horror attack on Sunday

Among the many horrifying videos posted online amid Mexico’s drug cartel violence, few have been as profoundly shocking as that of a 14-year-old boy kidnapped in late October along with about a dozen family members in the country’s south.

Michael Shvartsman was convicted of insider trading, while Eric Hannelius settled without admitting or denying guilt. Both men were involved in a company with contracts to track legal marijuana in Florida and other states.

A dangerous drug with unpredictable effects is being sold to Liverpool teenagers, say city experts.

Former Birmingham boss Pep Clotet was left furious with striker Raimonds Krollis after the striker was sent off on Friday night, with the Triestina boss making his anger clear

Police say army personnel targeted in possible suicide bombing in country’s south-west and many of more than 40 injured in critical condition

Authorities in Germany and Cyprus shut down fake platforms, seizing luxury items and arresting suspects in a multimillion-dollar scheme.

Vadym Stolar, a close associate of Medvedchuk, invests the funds of defrauded investors from Ukraine into the construction of luxury housing in Dubai.

The boss of Harrods has personally apologised for the first time in relation to sexual abuse allegations against the store’s late owner Mohamed Al Fayed.

Prince William has opened up about having the ’hardest year in my life’ following his wife and father’s cancer diagnoses.

Damian Homer stabbed Wendy Francis, 61, twice in the chest after she tried to help her daughter during the attack

Reeves’s budget could slow demand but prices have not fallen significantly since post-pandemic ‘race for space’

Spanish police said Wednesday that they had seized 13 tons of cocaine -- the country’s largest-ever haul of the drug -- and made one arrest.