All news by author Elizabeth Baker

Witnesses tell of ‘apocalyptic scenes’ after worst storm to hit the Indian Ocean territory in almost a century

Victims of Bashar al-Assad’s regime were silenced for years - but after the Syrian president was toppled by rebel forces, they can now speak out about the torture they faced

A judge in Las Vegas sentenced a Texas man to 100 years in prison for his role in a two-state shooting rampage on Thanksgiving 2020 that included the killing of a man in Nevada and a shootout with authorities in Arizona.

US industry ready to drop demand to export chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef in move set to anger British farmers

Police are urgently searching for a 40-year-old man who went missing while skiing alone in the Scottish Highlands yesterday.

Ofcom said postal company took ‘insufficient and ineffective steps’ to improve its performance after £5.6m fine last year

The abduction of a Mexican community activist who campaigned against an iron ore mine owned by New York-listed Ternium has shone a light on how local cartels benefit from the presence of mining companies in the region.

Police officers were called to a bar in central London following reports a customer had smashed glasses and tried to assault a member of staff.

Liam Payne’s last movements before he fell to his death from the third-floor balcony of the Casa Sur Palermo hotel are being traced by police - with now five names being investigated

Lady Meyer found to have breached harassment rules with behaviour towards Lord Dholakia that had ‘racial element’

A baby girl is fighting for her life in hospital after being bitten by an ‘XL Bully-type’ dog in Kent.

Girl from Sierra Leone is only person rescued after shipwreck that is feared to have killed more than 40 people

Syrian rebels seized control of Damascus in an offensive that toppled the iron-fisted ‘tyrant’ President Bashar al-Assad and took the world by surprise.

Farmers and tractors have started to descend into London today to protest against the Labour government’s changes to inheritance tax.

The neighbour to an East London house which was destroyed in an explosion last night says it was a ‘miracle’ no one in his property was hurt.

Any prospect of British jihadists returning from Syria would be "a concern" and the UK is keeping "a very close eye" on the situation, a Home Office minister has said.

Eight-year-old boy believed to have disappeared two years ago but only reported missing in August

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s plane has disappeared from flight tracking information after he and his family reportedly fled the country as rebels took Damascus

Kim Yong-hyun, who resigned earlier this week, is seen as central to President Yoon Suk Yeol’s brief martial law declaration

Team GB’s Olympic champion cyclist Katy Marchant was taken to hospital after crashing into spectators during an event in London on Saturday.

Officers are seeking dash cam footage of the incident which happened shortly before 4.55pm on Friday in High Street, Tipton, in Sandwell.