South Carolina put inmate Freddie Owens to death on Friday as the state restarted executions after an unintended 13-year pause because prison officials could not get the drugs needed for lethal ...

A weather warning for thunderstorms and heavy showers is in force across much of southern England and Wales. The Met Office says damage to buildings as a result of lightning strikes, disruption to ...

The comments come days after pagers and other tech exploded across Lebanon, reportedly killing 37 people and injuring more than 3,400 others.

Sri Lankans began voting on Saturday in a presidential election that will determine the course of the country’s recovery from its worst economic crisis and resulting political upheaval.

Gaute Haugenes, who managed the team from 2001 to 2003, told the BBC members of staff were aware Mr Al Fayed ‘liked young, blonde girls’.

Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer on Rust, was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal when it went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has ...

Consumers who buy their food at convenience stores could be paying up to a fifth more than at larger branches of the same supermarket, according to a study.

Labour must not “rest on our laurels” on diversity in Parliament, one of the party’s front benchers has said ahead of its annual women’s conference on Saturday. Commons Leader Lucy Powell hailed the ...

An open letter asks world leaders to agree to help children meet their potential ‘without threat from ever-worsening climate disasters’.

Haiti’s police force lacks the logistical and technical capacity to fight gangs, said William O’Neill who visited the troubled country this week.

The plant on an island in the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania was the site of the nation’s worst commercial nuclear power ...

A coast guard panel listened to four days of evidence that has raised questions about whether warning signs before the disaster were ignored.