Violence remained “excessively high” across the prison estate last year driven by overcrowding, inadequate mental health support and a surge in drug use, an independent watchdog has warned.

Hundreds of people gathered outside Minnesota’s Capitol on Wednesday evening for a vigil to remember a prominent state ...

Soroka Medical Centre in the southern city of Beersheba provides services to around one million residents in the south of Israel.

Scotland’s First Minister has accused the leader of the Tories of a “demonisation of young people” after he pushed for more exclusions to tackle disruption in schools.

The storm was downgraded slightly before making landfall, from a Category 4 to a Category 3. While slightly reduced in power, Erick is still considered a major hurricane as a Category 3, which can ...

Zhenhao Zou, 28, was convicted of the attacks on three women who have been identified and another seven who have yet to be traced.

The Prime Minister pushed for de-escalation amid signs that the US president could join Israel’s military action against Iran.

Gagandeep Gulati had his sentence for rape increased from six years to nine years at the Court of Appeal on Thursday.

The hottest June temperature recorded in the UK is 35.6C, which was reached in Mayflower Park in Southampton on June 28 1976. The same temperature was also measured in Camden Square in north London on ...

In Asian trading, Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 shed 1.0% to finish at 38,488.34. Shares in Japan’s Nippon Steel Corp jumped 2.3% after it announced that its acquisition of US Steel, which met US ...