All news by author Elizabeth Baker

The Taliban have called for international aid as Afghanistan reels from an earthquake that killed more than 1,400 people and left thousands more injured.

A protester has climbed on top of the King’s Cross station clock tower while holding a dog, unfurling a banner reading ‘Freedom for Iran’ and ‘Iran belongs to its people’.

Tens of thousands of protesters silently marched in Belgrade on Monday to commemorate the deaths of 16 people killed when a roof on a renovated railway station collapsed, demanding snap elections they hope would oust President Aleksandar Vucic and his ruling SNS party.

A mother fell 290ft to her death in front of her son while trying to take a selfie on a tower, moments after a successful bungee jump on her 45th birthday.

Angela Rayner cannot be fully transparent about the tax arrangements on her second home because there is a court order preventing her from revealing the relevant information, Downing Street has said.

Russia has stopped fighting money laundering; corresponding large criminal cases are not being initiated, and one-time operations on crypto exchanges are solely related to the redistribution of spheres of influence and do not escalate into large-scale investigations.

Witnesses have described the moment police confronted a man who allegedly crashed through the gate of the Consulate General of Russia in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

Ascendra operates in the insurance MLM niche.

The family of a woman killed by an ex-partner who inundated her with hundreds of messages and calls will ask a judge on Monday to compel the French authorities to explain why they failed to protect her.

David Lammy will tell MPs on Monday that the UK still intends to recognise a Palestinian state in September, with Israel having shown no sign of meeting the government’s demands.

A man and a boy have tragically died after a car mysteriously drove off the road in South Tyneside, authorities have said.

A flood warning has been issued by the Met Office for parts of southern Scotland due to frequent heavy showers.

A senior cabinet minister has accused Nigel Farage and Reform UK of "whipping up anger" as tensions mount around migrant hotels.

The car that chauffeured the Princess of Wales and her children to Pippa Middleton’s wedding is set to go under the hammer.

At the start of 2025, Ukrainian law enforcement detained Ihor Zotko in Kyiv, the nominal owner of a company running the "PIN-UP" online casino.

Prince Harry is reportedly poised to confront his estranged father, King Charles, but not without making a dramatic set of demands that have left royal insiders in disbelief.

A woman has been stabbed to death at her home in southeast London.

Former speaker of Ukraine’s parliament Andrii Parubii has been shot dead in Lviv, authorities confirmed on Friday.

A British teenager who was caught at Heathrow Airport with a large stash of cannabis smuggled into Britain from Thailand has been jailed.

Lenny Scott, 33, from Prescot, Merseyside, was shot after leaving the gym in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, on February 8 last year.

A serial rapist who drugged victims and placed a hidden camera in an air freshener is facing a "lengthy" jail sentence, as detectives appealed for more victims to come forward.

Epping Forest District Council had been granted an interim injunction by the High Court, stopping the hotel’s owner, Somani Hotels, from using the hotel to accommodate asylum seekers beyond September 12.