A train carrying thousands of gallons of fuel has hit a herd of wild elephants in north-east Sri Lanka, killing two and ...

Canadian singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes paused his concert to pay tribute to the late One Direction singer Liam Payne. Payne died aged 31 after falling from a third-floor balcony at the Casa Sur Hotel ...

Philip G Zimbardo, the psychologist behind the controversial Stanford Prison Experiment which was intended to examine the psychological experiences of imprisonment, has died at the age of 91. Stanford ...

Cuba’s electrical grid went down on Friday after one of the island’s major power plants failed, a day after a massive ...

The documentary follows campaigners from Hope not Hate, which describes itself as an organisation working to expose and oppose far-right extremism.

The former boss of Stirling Council has been appointed as the SNP’s interim chief executive after the resignation of Murray Foote. Carol Beattie was appointed interim chief executive by the party’s ...

Kamala Harris insisted it was time to “end the suffering” in the Middle East while Donald Trump visited one of the nation’s ...

At least 50 people have been killed in new Israeli strikes in Gaza, including children, according to hospital officials. In ...

David Lammy pressed his Chinese counterpart on human rights concerns and Beijing’s support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ...

Liam Payne’s sister, Ruth Gibbins, says she does not feel “this world was good enough or kind enough” to him in a heartfelt tribute to her late brother. In a statement posted on Instagram on Saturday, ...

Concern is growing for a missing woman from Potters Bar who has not been seen since Thursday (October 17). Emma, who was last seen at around 8.30pm, is described as being approximately 5ft 3in tall ...

The AQA exam board is piloting a numeracy test which potentially could give pupils a maths proficiency certificate.