Russian officials confirmed an oil spill, but said experts were still working to assess its full impact and extent.

Parts of the United States have been hit by severe weather with a tornado near a shopping centre in central California ...

One man remains in critical condition after a double-decker bus hit a railway bridge in Glasgow. Six other people needed hospital treatment following the crash on Cook Street in the Tradeston area of ...

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was discharged from hospital on Sunday after undergoing surgery to stop a brain bleed. The 79-year-old president appeared at a press conference on Sunday ...

Israel has said it will close its Dublin embassy, accusing Ireland of “crossing every red line”. Foreign minister Gideon Saar announced the closure in a statement due to the “extreme anti-Israel ...

A two-year-old boy has died and four adults have been injured in a hit-and-run crash involving a stolen Porsche, West Midlands Police said. Officers were called to Dartmouth Road, Smethwick, near ...

Police have launched a murder inquiry following the “brutal and senseless” death of a woman in Co Down. The victim, who suffered a head injury, has been named as Karen Cummings, 40. Two men have been ...

Albums of family snaps – some showing the ex-president posing in his underwear – were found in his former residences.

The extent of unexploded ordnance littering Syria will be “massive” and poses a particular threat to children returning to ...

Sausage dogs joined in the Christmas celebrations at Hyde Park, showing off costumes, hats, and jumpers as they went walkies.

Sara Sharif’s grandfather says he will fight to keep her siblings in Pakistan, calling it the “safest place for them”. Muhammad Sharif, paternal grandfather of the murdered 10-year-old, said he will ...

A humorous note written by the late Queen to photographer Alan Maxwell, a specialist at London’s Wallace H Eaton Ltd who were official suppliers to the royal family, telling him her dogs had eaten a ...