The family of Britons Craig and Lindsay Foreman, who have been detained in Iran, said the situation was causing “significant concern”. They were reportedly detained in January but Iran’s state-run ...

Russia says its forces have captured the village of Berezivka in their latest breakthrough in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region. Ukrainian officials did not immediately comment. Russia’s much larger ...

The Cats Protection charity is highlighting a number of cats who are looking to find new homes from its branches around Essex. They have four branches based in the county as well as the Essex Cat ...

Essex County Council has secured £7.3 million from Active Travel England to enhance active travel across the county.

Pope Francis slept well during a quiet first night in the hospital after being admitted with a respiratory tract infection – and was up eating and reading on Saturday morning, the Vatican said.

Irish TV presenter Laura Whitmore has shared the last text messages between her and Caroline Flack on the five year anniversary of her death. Flack, who was known for presenting ITV’s Love Island, ...

Footage posted on social media appeared to show a man burning a book near the Turkish consulate in Knightsbridge.

Some white South Africans showed support for President Donald Trump on Saturday and gathered at the US Embassy in Pretoria to claim they are victims of racism by their own government.

Volodymyr Zelensky has called for the creation of an “army of Europe”, suggesting the continent could not rely on Donald Trump’s United States for its defence. The president of Ukraine warned “America ...