The party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning president Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won a majority in parliament, providing a ...

England moved into an unassailable 3-0 lead in their five-match T20 series against the West Indies with a nervy three-wicket ...

The annual gathering brings together countries and members that jointly account for almost two-thirds of global GDP.

Japanese Princess Yuriko has died aged 101 after her health deteriorated recently, palace officials said. Yuriko was the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito’s brother and the oldest member of the ...

The Home Office spent £15 million buying a derelict prison contaminated with asbestos amid political pressure to stop housing migrants in hotels, according to Whitehall’s spending watchdog.

A knife handle featuring a gladiator will go on display at Hadrian’s Wall in England after being discovered by two divers. The handle, which is about 2,000 years old, was discovered in the River Tyne ...

The 51-year-old is undertaking the 300 miles of Radio 2’s Ultra Endurance Cycle Challenge on his dream childhood bike, the Raleigh Chopper.

Lee Carsley’s side was backed by 3,500 travelling supporters in Thursday’s key Group B2 encounter at the sold-out Olympic Stadium in Athens.

AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after a woman was hospitalised following a fail-to-stop crash. Officers were alerted to reports of a crash on the Mountbatten Roundabout at around 7pm on November 14 ...

A patient’s own blood could be used to help create a material potentially capable of repairing their broken bones, new research suggests. Scientists have transformed blood into a substance which ...

Ilya Lichtenstein masterminded one of the largest-ever thefts from a virtual currency exchange, according to prosecutors.

Dorset has been named as the ninth best county by the newspaper, one place above Greater London. Topping the list was Devon, followed by Cumbria with North Yorkshire completing the newspaper’s top ...