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The Tren de Aragua leader killed in a US-Venezuelan raid was a high school dropout who lived in comfort behind bars as he transformed a prison gang into one...

Scotsmen in kilts can be seen all over the fan zone and throughout the city.

Mexican authorities are investigating how a corpse ended up outside a stadium in the border city of Tijuana, where Iran's national team has been training for...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - The U.S. military attack in Venezuela Friday that killed the leader of the Tren de Aragua gang reflects a strategic shift by U.S....

Lebanon reported Israeli strikes in the country's south on Saturday, as the Israeli army issued evacuation warnings for the city of Nabatieh and more than 20...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate James M. McDonald as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Saturday,...

The former Beatle praised his `incredible painter´ friend in an Instagram post.

Doctors were set to stage a four-day walk out from 7am but was called off after a last-minute offer, which has been put to members.

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - Tens of thousands of LGBTQ+ supporters took to the streets of Romania and Bulgaria´s capitals on Saturday for their annual Pride...

Albanian prosecutors said Saturday they had demanded the arrest of 20 people over alleged drug-trafficking and money-laundering, with media saying some may...

NEW YORK (AP) - OpenAI received a subpoena from several states as part of a probe into the safety of users of its chatbot as it prepares to offer stock to...

A medical examiner has ruled the death of a Haitian asylum seeker after being released from federal custody a homicide. An attorney representing her family...

Cleveland Cavaliers player James Harden was arrested on Saturday in Houston on a misdemeanor charge of unlawful carrying of a weapon in a motor vehicle,...

TRACY, Calif. (AP) - Officials in a Northern California city urged people sensitive to smoke to keep indoors as firefighters spent a third day Saturday...

ROME (AP) - Tens of thousands of people marched through the streets of the Italian capital in rival anti- and pro- migration demonstrations Saturday, after a...

The Prime Minister said he had spoken to the US President on Saturday afternoon.

The annual event, which started in 1967, raises money for local charities.

Sinn Féin is to bring forward legislation to remove a three-day wait period for abortions in early pregnancy.

LONDON (AP) - Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Belfast on Saturday to denounce anti-immigrant rioters who set fire to homes and cars earlier in the...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron will meet over dinner at the glittering Palace of Versailles near Paris after...

DUBLIN (AP) - Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney continued his efforts to pivot away from the United States and allign with Europe, meeting with the leader...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - A mass shooting in South Africa this week was the latest in a trend of killings in some of the country's poorest areas that experts say...

The Met Office said high pressure building across the country will bring warm and humid conditions.

Partey is set to miss Ghana´s match against Panama on Wednesday.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Armed men in Haiti have kidnapped James Boyard, cabinet director of the Defense Ministry and a highly respected security expert...

Police attempted to contain counter protesters as campaign group Stand Up To Racism held a demonstration in the city centre.

The Canadian prime minister has paid tribute to a general involved in brokering Northern Ireland´s peace process.

Two people were detained by police investigating the possible theft of equipment from England's World Cup soccer team in Kansas City, Missouri.The England...

The Greater Manchester mayor said `things are getting harder, and politics is getting more polarised´.

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Gunmen killed at least 17 farmers and wounded at least 13 others as they worked in their fields in northwestern Nigeria, a local...

The demonstration outside City Hall followed days of unrest, including vehicles being set alight.

The Academy Award-winning actress, 80, was recognised in the King´s Birthday Honours for her services to drama.

All eyes were on the Prince and Princess of Wales youngest child Louis, who is famed for his antics on big royal occasions.

The economy, inflation and how those forces could impact the lives of Americans were front and center over the past week. Trips to the grocery store or gas...

A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to restore sites changed under an executive order calling for the nation´s museums, parks and...

Mr Carney has described his visit to Ireland as a return `home´.

Fianna Fáil is not implicated `at all´ in a report into the abuses of paedophile Bill Kenneally, the party´s leader has said.

One of Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey's concerns with a recently introduced Senate bill designed to fix college sports is that it could...

The event organised by Unite Against Racism followed days of unrest following a knife attack in the city.

WASHINGTON (AP) - It's common knowledge that ticks can spread infections that cause serious illnesses, including Lyme disease. Now health officials are...

Ricky Resendez first tried e-cigarettes in eighth grade. By the time he got to high school, he was vaping daily."It was just kind of normal," said Ricky, a...

ISLAMABAD (AP) - Iran's state-run news agency said Saturday funeral processions for its former Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, would be held in July,...

Shergar won the Derby at Epsom by a staggering 10 lengths.

NEW YORK (AP) - While you might want to ignore all the hubbub around SpaceX, Elon Musk and IPOs, your 401(k) likely can't.SpaceX is now worth $2.1 trillion...

BEIJING (AP) - China said Saturday it firmly opposed the U.S. adding several prominent Chinese businesses to its list of military companies, and that the...

NEW YORK (AP) - Elon Musk, the world's richest man and now first-ever trillionaire, controls a lot of different businesses.Electric vehicles. Brain implants....

The United States and Iran could finalise an agreement to end the Middle East war "within 24 hours", key mediator Pakistan said Saturday, after both sides...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats´ decision to let a key surveillance authority lapse comes as they are increasingly emboldened in their legislative fights...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A Ukrainian drone attack killed one person and injured three in Russia´s southern Krasnodar region, local officials said Saturday, as...

A first-of-its-kind law in New York could force 3D printers sold for homes and business to come equipped with technology blocking them from making guns. The...

Tel Aviv, ISRAEL (AP) - The United States and Iran appear close to a deal to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz.Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Hundreds of members of Nepal's LGBTQ+ community and their supporters took to the streets of Kathmandu on Saturday to celebrate Pride...

BEIRUT (AP) - The Lebanese army on Saturday withdrew its troops from a base in a southern Lebanese village after Israeli troops advanced in an area nearby, a...

The Princess of Wales and her children joined the Queen and thousands of spectators at Horse Guards Parade in Whitehall.

Mr Carney, who has Irish grandparents, was welcomed to Dublin Airport.

Police received a report of a car deliberately striking another car before three men with weapons approached the driver.

The body of the Thai king's eldest daughter was brought to the royal palace in Bangkok on Saturday, as thousands of black-clad mourners lined the procession...

NEW DELHI (AP) - Five Indian Air Force personnel were killed when a transport aircraft crashed during a routine training flight in the northeastern state of...

The British businesswoman is named alongside other fashion bosses on the King´s Birthday Honours list.

The Oxford Union has advertised a debate on social media titled The West Is Right To Be Suspicious Of Islam to take place on June 17.

Cancer survivor Tony Newitt is now urging more people to donate plasma.

EDITOR´S NOTE: When U.S. President Gerald Ford and leaders of five other leading democracies gathered for talks at a castle outside Paris on Nov. 15, 1975,...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's name remained on the facade of the Kennedy Center early Saturday despite a court-ordered Friday deadline to remove...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - A woman was critically injured off a popular Sydney beach on Saturday in the latest in a spate of shark attacks in Australia.The...

The international aid group Doctors Without Borders found a pattern of abuse and sexual exploitation by some local and foreign staff working in Chad along...

Hundreds of black-clad Thai mourners gathered at the royal palace in Bangkok on Saturday, awaiting the arrival of the body of the king's eldest daughter a...

WASHINGTON (AP) - In 1976's " Rocky," heavyweight champion Apollo Creed arrives for the title fight dressed as George Washington, reenacting the crossing of...

NEW YORK (AP) - The Manhattan architect who lived a secret life as the Gilgo Beach serial killer has spent the past three years alone in a segregated cell,...

Trump says US military strike killed leader of Tren de Aragua gang with help from VenezuelaWASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Friday that a "swift...

A US federal judge rejected a bid by the board of the Kennedy Center and the Justice Department on Friday to halt the removal of President Donald Trump's...

A large tent collapsed during a Virginia church's 20th anniversary celebration on Friday night, killing one person and injuring 22 others, officials...

WASHINGTON (AP) - AI giant Anthropic said Friday it has taken its latest artificial intelligence models, known as Fable 5 and Mythos 5, offline to comply...

Little is known about what President Donald Trump's intentions are for the G7 summit in Evian, France next week, except maybe the obvious: the American...

A US mayoral race triggered a flood of misinformation from online influencers sponsored by betting companies -- exposing a new threat analysts warn could...

Texas is known in US politics for its Republicans, gun enthusiasts, big oil and cattle ranchers, but mild-mannered, scripture-quoting James Talarico may be...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A coalition that includes Kalshi, Crypto.com and Polymarket filed a lawsuit Friday challenging Kentucky's first-in-the-nation excise...

The new Defence Secretary Dan Jarvis is expected to be among the spectators.

Waitrose, Vogue and London restaurants have all reported a surge in interest in the era´s food and fashions.

An immigration arrest outside a Baltimore elementary school drew sharp criticism from state and local officials Friday and renewed debate about the presence...

Souleymane Zebe is on the verge of tears as he tells the story of how the bulldozers arrived at dawn and razed his entire neighbourhood in Ivory Coast's...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Friday that a "swift and lethal kinetic" U.S. strike has killed Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, whom he...

Democrat Eric Jones on Friday advanced to the November ballot in a Northern California congressional district, where he will face fellow Democratic Rep. Mike...

NEW YORK (AP) - Gene Shalit, a movie critic and arts reporter for the "Today" show over four decades who was known for his puffy hair, oversized handlebar...

TORONTO (AP) - Cyle Larin´s goal not only saved the World Cup opener for Canada on Friday, it gave a bunch of Canadian celebrities a reason to stomp and...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama on Friday moved to execute a man with lethal injection hours after his nitrogen execution was prevented from going...

The first runner to participate in 1,000 parkruns, Darren Wood, reached the number last month.

The walkout starts on Monday morning and will end on Friday June 19 at 6.59am.

Mark Carney will begin a two-day visit to Ireland on Saturday.

(RNS) - A proposal that would require ordained clergy to be monogamous is on the docket at the Presbyterian Church (USA)´s General Assembly this summer.The...

In a letter, the DUP leader said `the answer is not a so-called hard border´ which `nobody is proposing´.

The DUP is calling for the UUP to back blocking the criminal age reform proposal.

Dave Doogan was speaking in the wake of the latest ministerial departures from the UK Government.

UKHospitality Scotland said venues are set to benefit from a 40% boost in sales as fans head to their local to watch the football.

Jenny Gilruth was speaking in the run-up to the Aberdeen South Westminster by-election.

An investigation by the U.S. Justice Department into Paramount Skydance´s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery has determined that the mammoth...

More than 20 years after its founding, SpaceX made history Friday with its record-high stock market debut, crowning a unique journey marked by dazzling...

A rotting body was found in the trunk of a car parked near the stadium where Iran's World Cup football team is training in Mexico, AFP journalists at the...

ATLANTA (AP) - A federal judge who was disciplined after an investigation found that she had sex with a police officer in her chambers and then lied about it...

SEATTLE (AP) - Ali Abdulla was over the moon when he learned his youth-soccer nonprofit would receive 20 free tickets to the World Cup round of 16 match next...

The US Justice Department on Friday cleared Paramount Skydance's $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, handing a major win to a media empire...

LONDON (AP) - Helen Mirren, one of the world's most acclaimed actors, was added Friday to a very select group of people recognized by King Charles III for...

Could a payment of $500 change someone´s life? Researchers at Yale are preparing to publish two papers looking at the outcomes of a program offering one-time...

The 80-year old English actress was recognised for her services to drama.

She has been recognised in the King´s Birthday Honours.

Aidan O´Brien´s jockey has been recognised in the King´s birthday honours.

The writer of The Gruffalo and hundreds of other books is recognised for services to literature.

Neill has been a presence on TV screens across Northern Ireland for more than four decades.

Ulster University researcher Dr Susan Lagdon said it was a tremendous honour to be recognised.

Shaun Murphy is made an OBE while Lee Carsley, and six members of the Lionesses squad, are made MBEs.

Sir Kevin Sinfield said he was `deeply grateful´ to be knighted as Dame Helen Mirren and six of England´s Euros-winning Lionesses were also honoured.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A group of U.S. Democratic lawmakers promised Puerto Ricans on Friday that they would try to speed up the island´s sluggish...

The Trump administration has barred Los Angeles County´s main homelessness agency from accessing federal funds while it investigates the agency´s alleged...

The sight of a carcass hanging in the cutting room is increasingly uncommon at Moloka`i´s only slaughterhouse. The paniolo, gathered in the facility´s break...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Taiwan´s Beijing-friendly opposition leader said Friday that her party is committed to the defense of the self-ruled island that China...

NEW YORK (AP) - The Treasury Department moved Friday to enlist the nation´s banks more deeply in President Donald Trump´s immigration crackdown, including...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith came to the Senate at a very different moment for Democrats.Appointed in late 2017 to replace Sen. Al Franken...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Organizations that give legal assistance to children who came to the U.S. alone said agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and...

U.S. stocks rose after oil prices fell again, and SpaceX soared in its highly anticipated debut on Wall Street.The S&P 500 rose 0.5% Friday. The Dow added...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A bystander wounded during an exchange of gunfire near the White House last month is an active-duty soldier and is still being treated for...

Connecticut is developing a new, community-driven curriculum for police officers who work in and around certain urban areas - a requirement of the state´s...

US actor Justin Baldoni must pay legal fees but not damages to "It Ends with Us" co-star Blake Lively, a New York judge ruled Friday, settling a years-long...

WASHINGTON (AP) - One was a rotating disc that sent out beams of light. Another was a shining red orb of a hue the observer had never seen before. Then there...

Ibrahim Mohammed, 32, had spent years deep in the vast forests of Nigeria's northeastern Borno state as a jihadist fighter when a video message from his...

Rock legend Bruce Springsteen is one of New Jersey's most famous native sons, and the Garden State is honoring The Boss with a new museum that celebrates his...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ronnie Schell, who played the best friend to the title character on the 1960s sitcom "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." and whose gradual ascendancy...

LONDON (AP) - A London judge sentenced four Palestine Action activists to several years in prison Friday for acting as terrorists when they raided an Israeli...

The American reality star caused a stir at the Monaco Grand Prix.

NEW YORK (AP) - Blake Lively can recover some legal costs from fellow actor and director Justin Baldoni but not punitive damages and other relief she sought...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said the U.S. is close to signing a deal with Iran to wind down the war, with a memorandum of understanding to be...

BRUSSELS (AP) - European Union nations agreed on Friday to open membership talks with Ukraine next week, officially launching the process for the war-torn...

The two leaders spoke on the phone on Friday.

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - A home where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and other leaders planned strategies during the Civil Rights movement in the Deep South...

Anti-immigration demonstrations have been held in several places across Scotland this week after Monday´s stabbing in north Belfast.

The demonstration comes after violent protests were held across the city after a stabbing on Monday evening.

Palestinian and Israeli civil society groups urged support for a two-state solution, saying "the window of opportunity" was closing, as they met in Paris on...

TRACY, Calif. (AP) - Firefighters responding to a blaze that destroyed a massive medical equipment warehouse in Northern California and sent embers flying...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Maine began counting ranked choice ballots on Friday to determine nominees for its open governor's office and a pivotal race for the...

ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan ´s finance minister on Friday presented the government's new budget to lawmakers, a draft that hikes defense spending by 18% while...

Charles praised the guardsmen in his role as the regiment´s Colonel-in-Chief when he visited his King´s Company at Lille Barracks in Aldershot.

SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Spain (AP) - Even popes have travel delays. Lucky for Pope Leo XIV, King Felipe VI offered a way out, and a way home.Leo's Iberia...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A judge has denied a request from the Kennedy Center to pause a ruling ordering President Donald Trump´s name removed from building. That...

A US judge ordered the Trump administration Friday to confirm it has abandoned plans to create a $1.8 billion compensation program denounced by critics as a...

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said many areas of Scotland are missing out on support from the UK Government´s Pride in Place Programme.

A US appeals court on Friday upheld the conviction of disgraced cryptocurrency tycoon Sam Bankman-Fried as part of a sweeping fraud case.The 34-year-old...

Hockney died peacefully at home on June 11.

FBI agents have searched the office of an Ohio group that supports voter registration efforts, seizing documents and computer files, a board member of the...

The PSNI appealed for calm ahead of further protests planned for the region.

Nigerian security forces fired tear gas at protesters marching against insecurity and economic hardship in the capital Abuja, as the country marked democracy...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Violent clashes erupted Friday in Congo ´s capital, Kinshasa, during a rally against a proposed constitutional change that opponents...

Rainbow flags, colourful floats and Bad Bunny on loudspeakers brought a festive mood to Tel Aviv for this year's Pride march, the first in full form since...

His fortune has been boosted by the sky-high valuation of his rocket and artificial intelligence firm SpaceX on its stock market debut.

The 14-year-old was seen in the footage leaving his home in Belfast at about 3.30am on Sunday June 21 2020 and returning just over half an hour later.

The Havana Grey filly cut out most of the running before holding on for a short-head verdict.

It makes Tesla and X owner Mr Musk - already a billionaire - the world´s first paper trillionaire.

MIDLAND, Texas (AP) - A shooting Friday in Midland, Texas, left one person dead and nine others in the hospital, Mayor Lori Blong said.A suspect remained in...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The war in Iran is driving up jet fuel prices and worsening supply strains for African airlines, forcing carriers to review routes and...

CAIRO (AP) - Iranians are living between confusion and exhaustion as the country and its economy are squeezed between war and multiplying crises at home.U.S....

The former MP and DUP leader was cross-examined over two days in Newry Crown Court.

A Doctors Without Borders paramedic was among women arrested during a recent crackdown for alleged dress code violations in Afghanistan, the medical aid...

The woman became `very emotional´ as she described the scene on Parnell Square East after the incident in Dublin.

Two opposition figures in the DR Congo were injured on Friday at a rally against government plans to change the constitution, which was broken up by police...

ISLAMABAD (AP) - The United States and Iran are close to signing an agreement aimed at ending their war, three regional officials told The Associated Press...

NEW YORK (AP) - A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of cryptocurrency entrepreneur and FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried, finding that the 2023...

Haitian Leilani Taneus-Miller has lived in Scotland for more than a decade.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Pope Leo XIV locked eyes with the 7-year-old boy, holding both his hands as the two smiled at one another. Captured by Associated...

US President Donald Trump said Friday that Tehran's stated version of a deal on stopping the war is not what was agreed to, with the White House insisting...

Jason Waddleton runs The Haven in the US city.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A federal judge agreed on Friday to extend a court-ordered block on the Trump administration's creation and operation of a $1.8...

Tesco will provide a trading update on Thursday June 18, alongside the firm´s annual general meeting.

HAVANA (AP) - A ship carrying nearly 100 tons of food and essential goods arrived Friday from Colombia as part of the humanitarian aid that several countries...

He was one of the most significant British artists of modern times.

The Ebola outbreak is spreading into new areas of the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo and is bigger in scale than hitherto detected, the World...

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - The European Union´s executive arm will monitor any agreement to set up so-called return hubs in non-EU countries so that the rights...

Multiple African and Asian midwifery experts have been denied visas for a major international conference in Portugal, threatening progress on saving millions...

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The board of the Kennedy Center and the US Justice Department have appealed a federal judge's ruling ordering the removal of President Donald Trump's name...

Campaigners made the plea after an agreement was announced which will see funds go towards conservation of wild salmon.

NEW YORK (AP) - Catapulted by the market debut of his rocket company SpaceX, Elon Musk could become the world's first trillionaire by the end of the day.That...

The Housing Secretary made the statement after Reform UK Scotland claimed `strangers´ were being prioritised for housing over Scots.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran 's stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz may be easing - and its own oil problems now seem to be mounting.The crucial...

Neither Godolphin colt has had a run this spring.

It comes after disorder flared in the city on Tuesday night following a knife attack in Belfast.

A US deportation flight headed to the Central African Republic on Friday, lawyers told AFP, carrying nationals from Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey and...

A major US surveillance authority is set to expire Friday, deepening concerns over national security as the World Cup gets underway and Washington remains...

LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed Friday that he will fight to stay in office after the sudden resignation of his trusted defense...

The by-election was called by the resignation of former SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn following his election to Holyrood.

Chinese actress Xin Zhilei said she was keen for new experiences and did not want to limit herself, as she helped kick off the Shanghai International Film...

The Central Criminal Court was shown evidence taken from the scene, photos of the crime scene and heard from a Dublin Bus driver.

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Police in Ohio have arrested a suspect in a shooting that wounded 12 people at a crowded neighborhood street festival last weekend.Eljay...

BRUSSELS (AP) - NATO´s top military officer is weighing alternative plans to defend Europe should it come under attack from Russia, after the United States...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Rosie Pino, a Clifton City, New Jersey, councilwoman, has won the Republican primary in the state´s 9th Congressional District to take...

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DENVER (AP) - Days before the beginning of Pride Month in June, a glamorous drag queen with long, wavy red hair, a matching mustache and carabiner earrings...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) - Niger's military junta announced a new penal code that criminalizes homosexuality, an adviser to the justice minister said Friday.The...

A decade after fierce battles reduced much of the University of Benghazi to rubble, students at Libya's oldest and largest university are once again looking...

Ford is recalling more than 250,000 vehicles that were incorrectly repaired under a previous recall meant to fix a problem that caused the engine to stall...

She plays detective Alison `Tosh´ McIntosh in the BBC crime drama.

The Prime Minister´s authority has been further damaged by a row over defence funding.

President Donald Trump has long been looking for this weekend to be a big one for his presidency.The World Cup returns to the U.S. on Friday. On Sunday, his...

The pair were arrested separately in Portadown, Co Armagh, on Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ser Duncan is tall, but his story is small.And Ira Parker, showrunner of "A Knight of the Seven Kingdom," HBO's latest entry to the "Game...

Kenyan families were overwhelmed with grief at a mass Friday for 16 girls killed in a suspected arson attack on their school -- part of a string of pupil...

Iran insisted on Friday on its right to enrich uranium and maintain control over the Strait of Hormuz under any deal with the United States, after President...

Hundreds of Indonesian students demonstrated in Jakarta on Friday to demand the government correct its course as the Southeast Asian country grapples with...

Charles will speak at the service, which will take place at Holyrood on June 27.

Authorities and residents searched tornado-ravaged areas and assessed damage Friday after a strong line of storms barreled through communities south of...

The former DUP leader, 63, has pleaded not guilty to 18 alleged offences.

NEW YORK (AP) - Elon Musk may never colonize Mars as promised, but enough investors consider the SpaceX founder to be a sort of miracle man that they'll help...

Mr Carns´ resignation was in part due to his criticism of how aging veterans have been taken to court over historical operations.

SAN CRISTOBAL DE LA LAGUNA, Spain (AP) - Pope Leo XIV warned people smugglers on Friday that they will face God's wrath for exploiting the desperation of...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - In "Disclosure Day," out Friday, Steven Spielberg is once again inviting audiences to ponder the existence of extraterrestrial life - and...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A key surveillance tool seen as vital in preventing terror attacks and catching foreign spies is set to expire Friday after congressional...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Hundreds of Indonesian students rallied Friday in Indonesia´s capital, Jakarta, demanding lower fuel and food prices and urging...

Sullivan was blocked in 2023 from having any contact with the club´s youth and women´s teams.

Police said 19 arrests had now been made since street violence first erupted on Tuesday.

BERLIN (AP) - The humpback whale that kept Germany spellbound for months likely lived for roughly five days after the final controversial rescue attempt...

From Special Forces combat to desert marathons, the new Defence Secretary shows he is no stranger to a challenge.

The Yorkshireman drew inspiration from his home county, California and France to produce colourful works.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Hundreds of mourners gathered on Friday in Kenya´s central town of Gilgil for a memorial service to honor the lives of 16 students who...

Renewable energy groups are suing the U.S. military because they say national security reviews for new wind farms on private land have been effectively...

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty pointed to the fans filling up Sutter Health Park before the Athletics took on the New York...

The former Wales and Watford player, who had a long managerial career, stepped away from football in November 2024 due to medical reasons.

He was one of the most celebrated and influential British artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.

LONDON (AP) - Artist David Hockney, whose paintings of pools shimmering in the Los Angeles sunshine became icons of 20th-century art, has died. He was...

The Yorkshire-born artist made his name painting the sun-drenched swimming pools of California.

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Two collisions one after another on a highway in western Hungary early Friday killed eight people, police said. A truck caught fire...

Nigeria has killed more than 13,000 "terrorists" in the past year, President Bola Tinubu said Friday, adding that the death toll from the country's jihadist...

BANGKOK (AP) - An American scholar who writes about Myanmar and Chinese foreign policy was arrested by Chinese authorities on suspicion of spying, China's...

BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) - An Iranian woman is among around two dozens migrants set to arrive Friday in the Central African Republic on a...

Defence secretary John Healey and armed forces minister Al Carns quit in a row over funding for the military.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Independents have grown increasingly unhappy with President Donald Trump during his second term, a new AP-NORC polling analysis finds,...

The gambling giant said it will focus on the New York market.

The float could make Tesla and X owner Elon Musk the world´s first paper trillionaire.

Afghan authorities boosted security in the western city of Herat following calls for protest on Friday, after tightening restrictions on women sparked a...

Financial markets were rebounding at the end of a week which began with renewed tensions in the Middle East.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Thousands of Puerto Ricans are struggling with water shortages so severe that the governor of the U.S. territory has activated...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Philippine officials said Friday that years of disaster-preparedness drills helped prevent a larger casualty toll when one of the...

Weeks into Nigeria's crucial annual rainy season, farmers across the north are abandoning their lands due to attacks by armed groups, threatening the food...

Families of those killed in last year's Air India plane crash gathered at the site on Friday to mark the anniversary of the disaster, still awaiting answers...

The ONS said gross domestic product declined by 0.1% in April in a sharp pull back from growth of 0.3% growth in March and 0.4% in February.

Half a century after an uprising that helped bring down apartheid in South Africa, little remains on the streets of Soweto to mark the blood spilled...

The United States Navy will deploy a nuclear-powered submarine squadron to a strategic Australian navy port this year, Canberra's defence minister said on...

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney became a symbol of middle power resistance after a celebrated speech earlier this year, but he is...

VINNYTSIA, Ukraine (AP) - The two burly men stare straight ahead, hands intertwined on a pottery wheel, fingers buried in the clay. They sense each other´s...

BRUSSELS (AP) - The European Union is set to implement a new set of rules Friday governing how each of its 27 member states will deal with irregular...

Rice farmer Mohammad Ismail Hossain fears violence could blight his quiet fields in southwestern Bangladesh, on the front line of a growing Indian push to...

Thai Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol, the king's eldest daughter, has died aged 47, the royal palace announced Friday, more than three years after she was...

TOKYO (AP) - Japan´s H3 rocket returned to flight Friday with the debut of a new low-cost variant, a badly needed success for the country's new flagship...

A South Korean court sentenced ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years in prison on Friday for sending military drones into North Korea, saying he planned the...

HONG KONG (AP) - Asian shares climbed sharply on Friday, tracking big Wall Street gains, and oil prices slipped after U.S. President Donald Trump claimed...

In a blaring nightclub in wartime Myanmar, partied-out revellers doze until dawn by the dancefloor, wary of journeying home despite the end of a post-coup...

Tehran said Friday it had not reached a final decision on a deal to end the Middle East war, despite US President Donald Trump claiming an agreement could be...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The relationship between U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron started simply enough, with a handshake, nearly a...

The man accused of killing Charlie Kirk is due back in court Friday as his attorneys seek to hold prosecutors in contempt for comments they made in the media...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has long been looking for this weekend to be a big one for his presidency.The World Cup returns to the U.S. on...

GLOVERSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - Republican political candidates routinely highlight their devotion to President Donald Trump. But in upstate New York, Anthony...

NEW YORK (AP) - Olivia Rodrigo´s done it again. Her third album, "You seem pretty sad for a girl so in love," is her best yet - a giant step forward for the...

Trump calls off latest threats to strike Iran, cites breakthrough in talks to end the warDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump said...

Elon Musk's SpaceX has made awe-inspiring achievements since its founding over two decades ago and has big ideas -- colonies on Mars, orbital AI data...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea´s ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol and his former defense minister were sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday in a case...

Elon Musk's SpaceX was set to begin trading on the Nasdaq exchange Friday with the biggest initial public offering in history expected to make the polarizing...

It's the ultimate symbol of American politics under Donald Trump -- a blood-soaked cage match on the lawn of the White House for the US president's 80th...

In Nairobi's congested streets, the almost imperceptible hum of electric motorbikes is increasingly replacing the roar of their petrol-powered...

At a cemetery in southern Lebanon, Ghada Hussein clutched images of her son, a Hezbollah fighter killed in an Israeli strike and buried in a temporary grave...

NEW YORK (AP) - Tamar Braxton opened a spirited 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony Thursday night with a tribute to a new inductee - the...

Ukrainian drone strikes on refineries, depots and pipelines. Tanker trucks attacked and left ablaze along the land corridor from Russia to Crimea. Motorists...

BANGKOK (AP) - Thailand´s Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol, a lawyer and the eldest of King Maha Vajiralongkorn´s children, has died at 47, the Bureau of the...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - A top Alaska elections official has threatened to disqualify from the state's August primary a U.S. Senate candidate who shares the...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's handpicked board at the Kennedy Center is mounting a last-minute effort to keep his name on the facade of the...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The Philippine government said Friday that China´s imposition of sanctions, including an entry ban, against Defense Secretary...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A man accused of assaulting a federal officer during protests at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland,...

BOSTON (AP) - A jury Thursday convicted the brother of Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell of sexually assaulting women while he posed as a...

Taylor Swift on Thursday became the youngest woman ever inducted into the prestigious Songwriters Hall of Fame, another milestone in the 36-year-old US pop...

TRACY, Calif. (AP) - A fire at a medical equipment warehouse in Northern California sent thick black smoke pouring into the sky Thursday and prompted...

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - The Dominican government said Thursday that it plans to increase or implement new taxes to generate some $800...

ORLANDO (AP) - The nation´s Catholic bishops gathered Thursday afternoon in Orlando for a liturgy consecrating the United States to the Sacred Heart of...

The therapy works by genetically modifying cells to enable the body´s own immune system to recognise and attack problem cells.

John Healey was joined in his exit from Government by armed forces minister Al Carns and two parliamentary aides, heaping pressure on Sir Keir.

The programme will start in July.

The party said the UK Government´s hike to employers´ national insurance was forcing charity shops to close.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. government can continue collecting the 10% worldwide tariff it imposed in February while legal challenges to the levies continue...

A Venezuelan asylum seeker injured during an encounter with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents last month has submitted a sworn statement...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Argentina's inflation slowed for the second straight month in May, economic data released Thursday showed, providing some...

Michigan should reject Consumers Energy´s plan to sell its 13 Michigan dams to an out-of-state private equity firm, an administrative law judge overseeing...

US Park Police opened an investigation on Thursday into giant markings of the numbers "8647" -- which have been associated with opposition to President...

A fiery North Dakota derailment that happened two years ago demonstrated yet again why the National Transportation Safety Board has been urging the rail...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Caitlin Clark's game-winning 3-pointer against Washington raised an immediate question: How did a player known for her shooting get so open...

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins watched sterile flies being released to fight the New World screwworm on Thursday and visited the Texas ranch where...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indianapolis Colts safety Cam Bynum walked off the practice field Thursday eager to join the efforts to provide earthquake relief in the...

U.S. stocks rallied to their best day in two months, and oil prices fell after President Donald Trump called off his threat to bomb Iran in the evening. That...

A Virginia law going into effect on July 1 will seal the criminal records of many people convicted of low-level offenses.The commonwealth´s "Clean Slate" law...

More than 30 lawsuits have been filed against GKN Aerospace after one of the company's tanks containing a highly flammable chemical overheated and threatened...

A group of UN experts on Thursday denounced a crackdown on women by the Taliban morality police in the western Afghan city of Herat, saying at least two...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The federal government will pay North Dakota nearly $28 million to settle a lawsuit over the costs of policing massive protests against...

Al Carns quit on Thursday evening, telling the Prime Minister he could not defend `a level of investment I know to be inadequate´.

A church, a nonprofit advocacy group and a barbershop are suing the Laramie County Sheriff´s Office and its sheriff, Brian Kozak, over its 287(g) agreements...

Phil Mickelson has been kicked out of a San Diego golf club over allegations he made unwanted physical contact with a female employee, Golf Digest reported...

Two pupils, both aged 14, and a male member of staff, 27, were injured in a knife attack.

DETROIT (AP) - Former Associated Press reporter Marlene Louise Johnson, whose lawsuit against the wire service for race and gender discrimination led to...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday he is deploying $46 million in voter-approved funding to help clean up the chronically contaminated...

Ohioans soon will be required to provide a photo ID when voting by mail - a major change to a voting method that previously had been exempted from the strict...

Ethiopia claimed Thursday that forces in the northern Tigray region were preparing an offensive against the federal government in the coming days, raising...

Douglas Alexander said he is working to resolve cases for those who had their Electronic System of Travel Authorisation (ESTA) permit revoked.

After decades of pollution, Brunswick residents have a new resource for researching the link between area Superfund sites and their health. A five-year, $15...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration has identified more than 15,000 cases of adults gaining custody of multiple immigrant children who enter the U.S....

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Gunmen shot and killed a journalist Thursday in Mexico´s eastern state of Veracruz, authorities said. It was the country´s second killing...

LONDON (AP) - American novelist Virginia Evans won the Women´s Prize for Fiction on Thursday with "The Correspondent," a word-of-mouth bestseller told in...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - The U.S. government on Thursday announced sanctions against Cuba´s state-owned oil and gas company in a move expected to...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he plans to nominate Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and a...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration put up $750,000 to charter a private yacht to evacuate a single American citizen from a remote South Pacific...

The President had earlier warned he would seize control of the country´s oil industry.

A US judge on Thursday acquitted a Democratic congressional candidate who ICE agents arrested last September during a protest against President Donald...

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) - Slovenia's new conservative government on Thursday abolished an entry ban on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and two of...

Police initially said the incident, in the Lochee area of the city last year, had involved a Bulgarian couple `approached by youths´.

1. "Whistler" by Ann Patchett (Harper)2. "Yesteryear" by Caro Claire Burke (Knopf)3. "Land" by Maggie O´Farrell (Knopf)4. "Road Trip" by Mary Kay Andrews...

Sir Keir Starmer insisted the defence investment plan would deliver `an unprecedented increase in defence spending in a sustainable way´.

A Minnesota man pleaded guilty on Thursday to murdering a state lawmaker and her husband and seriously wounding two other people after federal prosecutors...

Iran's Kharg Island, home to a terminal through which the country exports most of its oil, has emerged as a focus of the war launched in late February by the...

WASHINGTON (AP) - First lady Melania Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the launch of Fostering the Future Accounts on Thursday, a spinoff...

Jurors at Belfast Coroners Court heard that Noah´s family believe the police `overlooked issues´, including the location of his phone.

The former DUP leader was giving evidence at his sexual offences trial at Newry Crown Court.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The New Hampshire Supreme Court on Thursday reversed a murder conviction for a man accused of killing his 5-year-old daughter and moving...

Last year, The Bell Hotel became the focus of protests after hotel resident Hadush Kebatu sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl.

SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazilian officials on Thursday announced a sharp drop in deforestation rates, pushing back on one of the arguments that the Trump...

The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate ticked up this week to just below its high for the year, the latest sign that borrowing costs on home loans remain...

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli authorities on Thursday deported a prominent French journalist after she was refused entry upon landing at the country's main...

WASHINGTON (AP) - It looks from afar more UFO than UFC.Maybe it's the kind of contraption that has carried space aliens to the White House to force a meeting...

NEW YORK (AP) - Democratic congressional candidate Brad Lander was acquitted Thursday of criminal charges related to his arrest last September at a protest...

Unrest on Wednesday night came in the wake of the knife attack in Belfast earlier in the week.

NEW DELHI (AP) - India´s viral Cockroach Janta Party launched a nationwide protest campaign on Thursday with hundreds of students and young supporters...

Ilia Belov, 22, was also found convicted of behaving in a `threatening or abusive manner´ towards four girls, all of whom were aged between 12 and 14.

Riad Bouchaker, 52, has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder.

Stephen Ogilvie lost his left eye and suffered deep cuts to his head, face and back in a stabbing attack on Monday night.

The World Bank on Thursday lowered its global growth forecast to its lowest level since the pandemic, warning of the expanding economic impacts of the war in...

Europe has no other option than to talk to the Taliban government about returning failed asylum-seekers to Afghanistan, the EU's migration chief said...

A Toronto police officer was shot dead early on Thursday during a raid on an apartment linked to the March attack on the US consulate, the city's police...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Two children and an adult were killed Thursday in the rural southern Netherlands when a car struck a group of cyclists who were...

The Nigerian House of Representatives Thursday approved a bill to allow states to create their own police forces, a major security reform sought by President...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - When Javoris Hollingsworth looked over his children´s shoulders during the pandemic, he noticed something missing from the educational...

The Health Secretary said the independent review would take nine months and examine how care can better meet the needs of women.

World Cup matches in the 11 US host cities will be "very secure," the country's top official overseeing tournament security said Thursday, though he voiced...

TORONTO (AP) - A Toronto police officer was shot and killed Thursday by a suspect linked to the investigation of an attack that damaged the facade of the...

The stock market float on Wall Street is expected to raise 75 billion dollars (£56.2 billion) and could make Elon Musk a trillionaire.

Somali referee Omar Artan, who was denied entry to the United States for the World Cup, was on Thursday named to officiate UEFA's Super Cup, European...

The US House of Representatives on Thursday rejected a short-term extension of a major warrantless surveillance program, leaving one of Washington's most...

Iceland´s executive chairman Lord Walker of Broxton said the state pension policy was unaffordable.

A first group of more than 260 Nigerians repatriated from South Africa following escalating anti-immigrant attacks landed in Lagos on Thursday.Anti-foreigner...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Fruit-flavored e-cigarettes recently authorized by the Food and Drug Administration were not significantly better at helping smokers quit...

The First Minister has accused Reform UK of `stirring up of hatred within our society´.

Rarely a week goes by without US President Donald Trump lavishing praise on the bodies of men he meets -- fawning over "the muscles on this guy," or an...

BERLIN (AP) - More than 200,000 people across Europe died from heat-related causes over the last four years, and most of the fatalities were preventable, the...

The prince visited East Anglia to learn about a pilot by Norfolk and Waveney Mind to support workers on the Sandringham estate and wider area.

Homes and vehicles have been set on fire by rioters, with people targeted based on their race, in chaotic scenes of protest Belfast.

The BBC has announced additional casting for the series, which is being filmed in and around Digbeth Loc. Studios in Birmingham.

CAIRO (AP) - Sudanese paramilitary forces carried out drone strikes overnight in central Sudan, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens, health...

Karl Burke to make a late call on colt´s Royal Ascot participation.

Sinn Féin´s Pearse Doherty said `the penny needs to drop - half a million households is massive´.

LONDON (AP) - The former leader of Northern Ireland´s largest unionist party told a jury Thursday that he was "crystal clear" that he did not rape an alleged...

The US raises the stakes as the continued exchange of fire risks the return of a full-scale conflict in the Middle East.

Charles visited locals in Grimsby after being shown around a community hub.

US President Donald Trump vowed "very hard" strikes on Iran Thursday and promised to take the country's key oil infrastructure, in what would be a major...

Elon Musk is all about big numbers - millions, billions, even trillions - and there are plenty of them associated with SpaceX and Musk's plans to take the...

Military-run Niger has enacted a new penal code criminalising same-sex relations with heavy jail sentences, following several other west African countries...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The economic fallout from the Iran war - higher energy prices and increased uncertainty - will drag down global growth this year, the World...

Iilia Belov, 22, is accused of assaulting the girl during an incident in the Lochee area of Dundee in August last year.

Mongolia has recovered a rare dinosaur skeleton and a trove of fossils illegally exported two decades ago, authorities said Wednesday, concluding years of...

The first group of Nigerians repatriated from South Africa following escalating anti-immigrant attacks landed in Lagos on Thursday, AFP journalists...

BEIJING (AP) - The Philippines defense secretary and his family have been banned from entering China over comments he has made about Beijing's claims in the...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Anthropic will donate $150 million to launch a fellowship program that places coaches with nonprofits around the country to help them...

WASHINGTON (AP) - El Nino, Nature's chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength,...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The opening of a Canadian-U.S. bridge across the Detroit River that President Donald Trump previously threatened to block has been delayed...

NEW YORK (AP) - Peer-to-peer payment service Zelle will expand to India later this year, the payment service's first international market since the payment...

The union said the Scottish Government must publish data on the number of people experiencing corridor care.

The Enterprise Minister said Swedish authorities had provided `additional evidence over the last 10 days´.

NEW YORK (AP) - Many workers fear machines will supplant them as adoption of artificial intelligence accelerates.But what if people have qualities both...

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. producer prices climbed last month at the fastest pace since November 2022, fueled by a surge in energy prices.The Labor Department...

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. applications for jobless aid rose modestly last week, but remain at a historically low level despite economic headwinds brought on by...

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel´s Supreme Court is weighing whether to extend the detention of a prominent Palestinian doctor who was seized by Israeli forces 17...

Riad Bouchaker, 52, denies the attempted murder of three children and a number of other charges.

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - The European Central Bank on Thursday became the first major central bank to raise interest rates in response to the Iran war as...

Most economists forecast a 0.1% decline in output month-on-month - a marked reversal after the 0.3% growth seen in March.

The U.S and Iran traded strikes for a second day, pushing the Middle East closer to the resumption of a full-scale war.It was the third time this week that...

The exhibition at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow runs until mid October.

More than 150 dolls form part of Barbie: The Exhibition at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow.

The ex-MP, 63, has pleaded not guilty to 18 alleged offences.

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The United Nations mission in Afghanistan said Thursday it had documented the deaths of 13 civilians, mainly children and women,...

LONDON (AP) - British Defense Secretary John Healey unexpectedly resigned on Thursday, saying the government is not willing to spend enough on the military...

Twelve police officers were injured and 16 arrests were made following unrest on Wednesday evening.

`This is racism, pure and simple,´ Unison representative Patricia McKeown said.

John Healey accused Sir Keir Starmer of failing to properly fund the Defence Investment Plan (Dip).

Daniel Day´s actions cost the taxpayer £67,000 by triggering an emergency services response, road closures and public transports diversions.

`We simply cannot have people coming in either to Ireland or the UK that are dangerous individuals,´ Emma Little-Pengelly said.

Hadi Alodid travelled from the north African country to Paris and then on to Dublin before catching a bus to Belfast in February 2023.

BANGKOK (AP) - A Thai woman appeared in a Myanmar court on Thursday to answer charges of murder in the killing of an American diplomat in Yangon, according...

NEW YORK (AP) - On hot afternoons, DeAnna Brandon´s three dogs zag around while she splashes in a backyard kiddie pool with her grandkids. These are the...

LONDON (AP) - The galaxy-hopping hero of "Doctor Who" has survived many narrow escapes and reinventions over more than six decades.But is time finally up for...

The ex-MP, 63, has pleaded not guilty to 18 alleged offences.

A patient is classed as receiving corridor care if their treatment does not take place in a clinically appropriate and safe setting.

Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX will make its debut on Wall Street Friday and both institutional and retail investors are expected to gobble up the 555.6...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - The first group of Nigerians returned home from South Africa on Thursday as part of repatriation ordered by the government following...

External and domestic pressures on Indonesia's economy were "manageable", the country's deputy finance minister said Thursday, despite a rout of the rupiah...

Objects were hurled at officers in the Inverclyde town on Wednesday night.

Europe's leading nations and their G7 allies will seek to narrow differences with Donald Trump at a summit from Monday in France chaired by French President...

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Spain's Canary Islands on Thursday to meet migrants, many of whom survived a dangerous Atlantic crossing to reach the archipelago.The...

Pakistani soldiers offered funeral prayers on Thursday over the coffins of security personnel killed in a helicopter crash that left no survivors in...

Defence barrister Kieran Vaughan KC called the ex-MP as a witness in the trial at Newry Crown Court.

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Rescuers recovered the remains of all 22 soldiers aboard a military helicopter that crashed in Pakistan-administered Kashmir...

Iran warned on Thursday that the shaky ceasefire in the three-month Middle East war was now "practically meaningless" following fresh strikes by the United...

The U.N. refugee agency said forced displacement of people due to conflict or persecution fell in 2025 for the first time in a decade. But the agency warned...

Head of the Metropolitan Police Sir Mark Rowley wants to undermine the market for stolen phones by reducing their resale value.

PARIS (AP) - French singer and actor Patrick Bruel was handed preliminary charges of rape, attempted rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment of several...

Two premises in Pallasgreen were searched as part of operations targeting the sale and supply of drugs.

MIAMI (AP) - On a late March afternoon, a Florida Fish and Wildlife officer pulled up to a Guatemalan couple walking their dog in a park in the affluent...

BANGKOK (AP) - A court in Thailand on Thursday convicted and sentenced to death two members of China´s Muslim Uyghur minority over a 2015 bombing at a...

Two Chinese Uyghur men were sentenced to death Thursday for carrying out a 2015 attack on a Bangkok shrine that killed 20 people, a long-awaited verdict in...

The Scotland fan aims to raise £1 million for a Scottish mental health charity.

MADRID (AP) - A fire that broke out early Thursday morning at a home in a tourist area on the Spanish island of Mallorca killed two people and injured...

The vote took place at Holyrood on Wednesday evening.

`I think everyone has seen those photos, I was bright red in that photo shoot´.

MEXICO CITY (AP) - The sound of construction roared over the most memed metro station in Mexico City as workers hammered at marble floors under a chandelier...

The low-cost airline said it could not provide an outlook for the year ahead partly because of the volatility stemming from the conflict.

Sixteen arrests were made in the disorder following Monday´s stabbing attack, Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn said.

The west London airport said 7.1 million passengers passed through its four terminals in May, down 1.2% year-on-year.

HONG KONG (AP) - Just hours before the World Cup was set to kick off, Hong Kong authorities announced the seizure of 230,000 counterfeit items worth an...

The new 50p is the final one in The Royal Mint´s collection of three coin designs.

The contents of a secretive security pact between China and the Solomon Islands will remain undisclosed due to legal restrictions, the Pacific nation's new...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Pope Leo XIV is visiting the Canary Islands on Thursday to draw attention to the plight of migrants who risk their lives every year...

Watchdog the Competition and Markets Authority said it will determine whether the practice is `in line with consumer law´.

Two Chinese Uyghur men were sentenced to death on Thursday for carrying out a 2015 attack on a Bangkok shrine that killed 20 people, a long-awaited verdict...

LONDON (AP) - A savage knife attack on a Northern Ireland street led to two nights of fiery riots stoked by anti-migrant rhetoric.The suspect, a 30-year-old...

For nearly 25 years, GoPro cameras have gone underwater, glided with parachutes and slipped down ski slopes, allowing the adventurous to record images of...

With both hands gripping a large wooden spoon, a woman stirred thick maize-meal porridge -- Zimbabwe's staple known as sadza -- over an open fire while a...

GENEVA (AP) - French and Swiss authorities will impose a week of pandemic-like border restrictions as U.S. President Donald Trump and other leaders attend a...

Misinformation is hampering efforts to contain a deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as distrust spreads alongside the virus. "There...

In San Francisco, the longtime hub of the US tech sector, fortunes tied to artificial intelligence startups are inflating home prices and fueling a spike in...

MILAN (AP) - Foreign workers building a sprawling $350 million American Consulate in Milan were paid less than $2 an hour after being promised fair wages,...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The United States launched a second round of airstrikes on Iran into Thursday morning after U.S. President Donald Trump...

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater said it was not right to `vilify an entire community or an entire group of people who might not look like you do´.

GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines (AP) - The mayor of a southern Philippine town that was devastated by a powerful earthquake pleaded Thursday for helicopters to...

NEW YORK (AP) - What makes a memorable World Cup anthem? Is it a song that best reflects the host countries? Is it a global banger, incorporating multiple...

ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD, England (AP) - About 75,000 voters in a pocket of northwest England are about to make a momentous decision. They will cast ballots in a...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The man charged in the political assassinations of the top Democrat in the Minnesota House and her husband, as well as the attempted...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama is waging a last-minute legal fight to execute a man with nitrogen gas on Thursday night, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to...

With a smartphone strapped to her head, Indian housewife Nagireddy Sriramyachandra films herself slicing mangoes to train AI-powered robots to take on...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A New Mexico judge is scheduled Thursday to consider arguments in a challenge to the state's fledgling universal childcare program,...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A rare lapse in a law that allows the U.S. to gather intelligence abroad is growing more likely after President Donald Trump resisted calls...

US launches new strikes on Iran, which fires back at Gulf states and JordanDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The United States launched a second round of...

At first glance, a recent Democratic primary in California´s Central Valley was just another skirmish between the party´s progressive wing and its more...

Beijing cleaner Lin Meiqiong found her work a little easier the day she was paired with an unlikely new colleague -- a tall, wheeled robot with AI-powered...

In her tiny apartment in South Korea, where she lives alone, 78-year-old Bang Chun-ja spends her days with a childlike AI-powered doll she says she prefers...

Damaging storms swept through the Midwest on Wednesday, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of customers and causing more than a thousand flight...

South Korea hit e-commerce giant Coupang with a record $408 million fine Thursday over a leak that allegedly exposed more than 30 million customers' data and...

Iran retaliated against U.S. air and cruise missile strikes as hostilities escalated Thursday with attacks against Kuwait and Bahrain in renewed fighting...

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Shares are mostly lower in Asia following another sell-off of artificial-intelligence stocks that dragged the U.S. market sharply lower. U.S. futures...

Twenty-two countries including the United States and European nations jointly warned Iran on Thursday to stop attacking people "on our soil".Iran's security...

India's aviation accident probe agency is facing renewed criticism from pilot groups ahead of the anniversary of the 2025 Air India Boeing-787 crash in...

SpaceX enters the final stretch Thursday before its expected trading on Wall Street as part of the biggest initial public offering in history, which could...

The use of a sea drone to rescue two US Army aviators apparently shot down by Iran underscores the growing importance of such vessels in Washington's naval...

When SpaceX lists on Wall Street, expected on Friday, Elon Musk will serve simultaneously as chief executive, chief technology officer and board chairman of...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The University of San Francisco named Brent Blaylock as the school's director of athletics on Wednesday. Blaylock has more than 20 years...

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan (AP) - Japan has resumed operations at the world´s largest nuclear power plant to help the country meet huge electricity demands during a...

NEW YORK (AP) - Taylor Swift attended Game 4 of the NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs at Madison Square Garden, the arena that has...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Los Angeles jury on Wednesday ordered California socialite Rebecca Grossman to pay $21 million in punitive damages to the parents of two...

Presidential candidates take note: If you ever want an effectively simple campaign slogan, you could do worse than this: "SHE FUN!"That's the slogan that got...

President Donald Trump's planned UFC fight on the White House's South Lawn has required a monumental effort from more than seven federal agencies, hundreds...

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed into a medical college shortly after taking off at Ahmedabad Airport in June last year.

Police were pelted with bricks and petrol bombs by balaclava-clad rioters in Co Antrim.

Ivan McKee spoke about his new role ahead of a debate on public service reform at Holyrood on Thursday.

The Accounts Commission said services may need to be scaled back or overhauled as local authorities risked becoming financially unsustainable.

Rightmove said it was seeing the strongest asking-price growth in locations where homes remained `within reach´ for more people.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said it is too early to interpret the research as the start of a recovery.

Somali referee Omar Artan was denied entry to the US when he arrived in Miami for training ahead of the finals.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Construction of the 250-foot-high triumphal arch that President Donald Trump wants built near the Lincoln Memorial could occur 20 hours per...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Two leading House Republicans are meeting with Taiwan´s Beijing-friendly opposition leader this week as she travels to Washington at a time...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A federal magistrate heard arguments Wednesday over whether multimedia rights companies that represent university athletic...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump laced into Graham Platner on Wednesday, calling the Senate candidate from Maine a "thug" and a "pig" and suggesting...

TORONTO (AP) - Canada introduced legislation on Wednesday that could bar children younger than 16 from having social media accounts unless the companies show...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - U.S. prosecutors said Wednesday they will not seek the death penalty as part of a plea agreement with the man accused of killing the top...

Stephen Ogilvie´s family has said they don´t want what happened to their loved one to be used to divide people.

NEW YORK (AP) - Congressional candidate Brad Lander on Wednesday got the day in court that he demanded after a misdemeanor charge was lodged against him last...

South Asian communities face "serious hazards" from intense rains this season, even though the approaching monsoon is expected to bring lower than normal...

Protests have been held in several locations across Scotland after a stabbing in Belfast.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a government watchdog's request for a court order temporarily blocking the Trump administration from...

BEIRUT (AP) - Saudi Arabia announced Wednesday the end of a ban it imposed on Lebanese imports five years ago, marking a major step in attempts to rebuild...

NEW YORK (AP) - President Donald Trump has named Brian Johnson as his choice to be the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, turning to...

The Florida Supreme Court has allowed new U.S. House districts drawn by Republicans to be used in the midterm elections, marking another victory for the GOP...

In 2020, with the death of George Floyd still dominating the national conversation over police accountability, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law taking away...

McALLEN, Texas (AP) - Environmental groups on Wednesday sued attempting to stop the Trump administration from giving SpaceX more than 700 acres (280...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI has seized more than a dozen websites that officials say were part of a Chinese effort to target American workers who have access...

Anthropic on Wednesday joined growing calls for the artificial intelligence industry to find ways to cushion people from the technology's disruptions,...

An 18-year-old man was arrested following the incident during disorder in Carrickfergus on Tuesday night.

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday showed how he had learned to stop worrying about inflation and simply, in his own words, "love"...

In a first-of-its-kind project in South Dakota, the small hospital in this southern Black Hills town is investing in a subdivision project to provide housing...

Another sell-off for artificial-intelligence stocks dragged the U.S. market sharply lower. The S&P 500 dropped 1.6% Wednesday after giving up a brief modest...

The Trump administration is once again bypassing federal environmental laws to speed up work on border barriers and related infrastructure in the Big Bend...

Glenn Close will finally get her hands on an Oscar.Long considered among the best actors to never win one, the eight-time nominee will get an honorary...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Authorities in the Bahamas say they have arrested five cruise ship passengers from the United States who were accused of...

Disturbances have been reported on the outskirts of Belfast and in Londonderry but at a lower level than Tuesday night.

Protests were held across Scotland following a stabbing attack on Monday night in North Belfast.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Federal authorities served a search warrant on Wednesday at a Southern California aerospace facility where a chemical tank overheated last...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill have lobbied President Donald Trump to immediately name a permanent director of national...

Climate change-fuelled landslides wiped out nearly one in ten of the world's rarest great ape species on Indonesia's Sumatra island, scientists said...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the US military base at Guantanamo Bay on Wednesday, warning the communist-led island of Cuba against acquiring...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Retired Air Force Lt. Col. David Flippo has won the Republican primary in Nevada´s 2nd Congressional District after securing President...

WASHINGTON (AP) - While millions of soccer fans cheer or groan over World Cup matches spanning North America, health officials will be on high alert for...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - N.C. State is investigating potential legal claims against LSU tied to men´s basketball coach Will Wade leaving for a second stint...

HOUSTON (AP) - Sports leadership at Texas Tech on Wednesday defended their plans to play quarterback Brendan Sorsby next season while he treats his gambling...

David Briscoe, a journalist for The Associated Press who chronicled the collapse of dictatorship and the rebirth of democracy during a dramatic period of...

The world's largest whale graveyard has been discovered at the bottom of the Indian Ocean by Chinese scientists, who found that the vast expanse of both new...

More than 3,000 Malawians, including hundreds of children, crowded into an open field in South Africa's port city of Durban on Wednesday, fleeing what they...

The U.S. launched airstrikes Wednesday against Iran, and President Donald Trump said more are coming, as Tehran fired back at countries in the region. The...

A joint statement, backed by 22 countries, says Tehran´s use of international and local criminal groups is `deplorable´.

Suspect Hadi Alodid appeared in court charged with attempted murder over the knife attack which triggered violence on the streets of Belfast.

President Donald Trump said the United States would launch fresh attacks on Iran on Wednesday, accusing Tehran's peace negotiators of "playing us for...

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (AP) - The search for a teenage girl swept away by a big wave while walking on a Southern California beach expanded Wednesday as high...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Opening statements began Wednesday in the federal arson trial for the man accused of sparking last year's deadly Palisades Fire in and...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - After a decade of roiling South Carolina and national politics, Rep. Nancy Mace finished a distant fifth in her state's Republican...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Payments giant Visa said Wednesday that it has embedded its payment network inside of ChatGPT, empowering the chatbot to independently...

A prominent OB-GYN group announced vaccine recommendations on Wednesday that differ from what the U.S. government advises.The immunization schedule is...

Human-driven sea level rise has increased how often extreme coastal flooding occurs around the world, according to a study released Wednesday. Experts say...

LONDON (AP) - Laurence Olivier, arguably Britain´s greatest ever stage actor, was honored Wednesday with a blue plaque attached to the central London...

US consumer inflation surged to a fresh three-year high in May, with soaring energy prices caused by US President Donald Trump's war in Iran posing a key...

GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) - With the World Cup about to begin, heavily armed police and National Guard officers are patrolling the streets of Guadalajara as...

The US president said pressure he exerted on `cheating dogs´ saw Steve Hilton progress in the race for the top West Coast job.

The United Nations said Wednesday a boy was shot dead during a women's rights rally in Afghanistan's Herat city a day earlier, when witnesses told AFP...

Hong Kong filed manslaughter charges against several people and companies on Wednesday over the world's deadliest residential building fire in decades, which...

In the days following a marked escalation in the Trump administration´s "Operation Midway Blitz" mass deportation campaign in early October - including the...

Scottish Labour´s Anas Sarwar said the crimes committed by Nicola Sturgeon´s ex-husband amounted to `the greatest political scandal since devolution´.

DETROIT (AP) - Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment Wednesday against eight pro-Palestinian activists who are accused of conspiring to run a criminal...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Thousands of Southern Baptists overwhelmingly voted Wednesday to advance a formal ban on women pastors in the nation's largest...

Mr Kenyon, who is standing against Andy Burnham in the Makerfield by-election, supported an offensive post about Carol Vorderman on X.

The family of stabbing victim, Stephen Ogilvie, thanked the emergency services and people who stepped in to stop the attack, as they called for calm.

The Government´s defence investment plan is due to be published ahead of the Nato summit in Turkey, which begins on July 7.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has directed his contentious pick for director of national intelligence to cut the size of his agency when he...

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - A minibus packed with schoolchildren caught fire in central Zimbabwe Wednesday afternoon, killing seven, authorities said.Twenty-four...

Fabio Luisi wanted his Ring Cycle to be heard and not seen.Wagner´s four-opera epic "Der Ring des Nibelungen," approaching the 150th anniversary of its...

Johannes Kongsnes Natland, 19, is on trial at the Old Bailey.

BUNIA, Congo (AP) - Dozens of motorcycle taxi drivers spread messages about Ebola in an awareness caravan Tuesday in eastern Congo where community skepticism...

Honda is recalling more than 800,000 vehicles because rear suspension components may fail and cause drivers to lose control, increasing the chances of a...

US President Donald Trump announced plans Wednesday to attend the World Cup, as the global football tournament prepares to kick off."I will, I will," Trump...

TORONTO (AP) - A new Canadian-built bridge across the Detroit River that U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to block may take longer to open than...

Frasers is offering to pay around 1.98 billion euro (£1.73 billion) to buy remaining shares and take full control of the fashion firm.

Endangering others during a journey by sea to the UK is an offence that came into force in January.

Sinn Féin´s Róis-Máire Donnelly was installed as Belfast´s first citizen at the start of June.

Daniel Frost, 44, Reece Robinson, 21, Taylor Grundy, 22, Dillon Crawford, 29, and Andrew Summerhayes, 38, faced Southampton Crown Court on Wednesday.

The men were arrested in east Belfast and Newtownabbey on Tuesday night.

NASA's administrator Jared Isaacman on Wednesday defended the makeup of the space agency's latest Artemis crew, an all-male group.The nominations have earned...

The stock market debut of SpaceX -- Elon Musk's rocket, satellite and company -- expected Friday, could be the biggest in history. Here are the key numbers....

A woman has alleged she was raped by several men at a barracks and threatened she would be kicked out of the Defence Forces if she told anyone.

Elon Musk's SpaceX is just days from a historic stock market debut set to break all norms, drawing feverish excitement from Wall Street's financial wizards...

A violent crackdown on a protest in western Afghanistan against the arrests of women for allegedly violating dress code regulations has left at least one...

Owen Burrows-trained filly was forced to miss the 1000 Guineas.

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump signed a bill into law on Wednesday that gives his immigration and deportation agenda a nearly $70 billion boost for...

VIENNA (AP) - The U.N. atomic watchdog's board on Wednesday demanded that Iran fully cooperate with the agency, provide complete information about its...

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Police in Ohio were searching for a 20-year-old man in connection with a shooting between two rival groups that wounded 12 people at a...

Israeli lawmakers voted on Wednesday to advance a bill that would allow most ultra-Orthodox Jewish men to avoid military conscription, despite fierce...

Hosting the obligatory six-month term is expected to cost between 165 and 185 million euro, excluding security costs.

Arc-winning jockey has not ridden in France since May 2021.

The 14-year-old was found dead in an underground water tunnel on June 27 2020.

LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) - A 25-year-old man killed four people at a house in suburban Detroit, including his parents and brother, and quickly surrendered when...

The breaches were from the 2021-22 season when Burnley were relegated.

Two officers and three members of the public were injured in disorder in Glasgow on Tuesday night.

The boss of Fuller´s also said pub workers are more likely to hold on to their jobs amid fewer opportunities for work.

NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists have unearthed communities of marine life - including jellyfish, tubeworms and brittle stars - thriving on a millions-year-old...

NEW YORK (AP) - A massive underground detector aimed at understanding the mysterious ghost particles in our universe released its first major results on...

Amnesty International accused Israel on Wednesday of an "ethnic cleansing" campaign against Bedouin and herding communities in the occupied West Bank,"...

Government figures have faced questions about Ireland´s capability to tackle such threats during the presidency.

The first day of a public inquiry into the solicitor´s death heard he founded a law firm with Peter Madden in 1979 to help others.

The trial of 52-year-old Riad Bouchaker opened before the Central Criminal Court in Dublin on Wednesday.

Two officers and three members of the public were injured, police said, with people being attacked `because of the colour of their skin´.

ZONNEBEKE, Belgium (AP) - A postcard belonging to a World War I soldier whose body was found with five comrades during an excavation has helped reunite...

TOKYO (AP) - Yohei Kono, a veteran Japanese politician who as top government spokesperson offered a historic apology to Asian women over sexual abuses by...

GENEVA (AP) - The United Nations´ top human rights official called Wednesday for a "massive rethink" of immigration policies especially in the United States...

The building´s foundations are not very deep and the ground is mainly clay, which moves with the weather.

NEW YORK (AP) - He's a country music star, but keen listeners know Keith Urban's songwriting style is fluid across genres. Still, surely no one expected the...

The 48 works carry the highest estimate for any single-owner collection ever offered at auction in Europe.

The Homelessness Data Lab is a national collaboration aimed at improving the use of data and technology to tackle the issue.

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) - Rights groups on Wednesday denounced the arrest of two prominent journalists in Mali in the past two days, the latest crackdown on...

NEW YORK (AP) - A former top Canadian government official who has clashed often with President Donald Trump is writing a book about her country's tense...

The Financial Times reported that the Prime Minister has taken action to see off any resignations should Mr Burnham return to Parliament.

Official figures show that the number of young people neither working nor learning has jumped beyond one million for the first time since 2013.

Angela Constance said there had been `very positive outcomes´ from the six which have already opened.

Irish premier Micheál Martin said the stabbing attack on Monday was `savage´.

One expert said the number `could fill Hampden 22 times over´.

Pakistan has renewed deadly airstrikes on neighbouring Afghanistan, officials in both countries said Wednesday, in the worst violence in weeks following a...

The trial of 52-year-old Riad Bouchaker, of no fixed address, opened before the Central Criminal Court in Dublin on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will seek re-election in Israel's upcoming national vote, his Likud party announced Wednesday, after US President Donald...

A vote will be held in Holyrood on Wednesday on a potential inquiry.

There are two ways to think about electric vehicles in Nigeria.The first is that it's beyond folly to own an EV in a place where power outages are a fixture...

Israel struck Iran on Monday after being targeted by missiles, while a U. S. military base in Saudi Arabia came under fire in the most serious exchange of...

TOKYO (AP) - Asian shares skidded Monday after worries about Big Tech investments and rising odds for an interest rate hike gave U.S. stocks their worst day...

The Israel Defence Forces said it had struck military targets "belonging to the Iranian terror regime" in response to Iranian missiles.

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the southern Philippines on Monday, killing at least one person, collapsing buildings, and sparking tsunami warnings across...

Soaring ticket prices and extra security for US President Donald Trump do not alter the electric energy of fabled Madison Square Garden as it hosts games...

NEW YORK (AP) - Here are select winners so far at the 2026 Tony Awards."Liberation" by Bess WohlLesley Manville, "Oedipus"John Lithgow, "Giant"Laurie...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirate (AP) - Israel launched airstrikes early Monday targeting central and western Iran in response to missile fire.Iranian state...

Sean McGovern, 40, pleaded guilty to two charges of directing the activities of a criminal organisation.

The incident came hours before the start of days of rioting in the Irish capital.

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Was he a frustrated Uber driver with an axe to grind against the rich? Or is he a scapegoat for the failings of California firefighters?These are some of the...

From handcuffed extra-terrestrials to an orbital missile command center -- US President Donald Trump is unleashing a relentless stream of AI-generated...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Days after California´s primary, Nithya Raman and Spencer Pratt are still waiting to see who makes the November runoff for Los Angeles...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to travel to Pyongyang on Monday in his first visit in seven years, a trip likely meant to...

Harvard University professor Robert Coles, the psychiatrist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who championed the cause of children grappling with poverty and...

Five people were wounded Sunday in a stabbing at New York's Penn Station, according to the city fire department, which said all victims were transported to...

NEW YORK (AP) - Five people were injured in a series of stabbings at New York's Penn Station on Sunday evening and a suspect is in custody, authorities said....

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook the Mindanao region in the southern Philippines early Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey...

JERUSALEM (AP) - The Middle East is suddenly bracing for war again. Iran fired missiles at Israel late Sunday in the first such bombardment in the two months...

More than 400 allegations of sexual misconduct have been made against the billionaire Harrods owner, who died in 2023.

Elliott Wills´s life was saved by emergency supplies of O negative blood, but donor numbers have declined in recent years.

Two thirds of respondents said it should be a priority.

First Minister John Swinney said the programme would `support the businesses of tomorrow´.

Speaking to the Press Association on Friday, Sir Chris Hoy said he was `doing fine´.

Staff at BAE Systems shipyards on the upper Clyde have voted to take industrial action.

Scottish Greens councillor Dan Heap said some of the city´s shared private gardens are `comparable to public parks in terms of their size´.

Analysis by GoHenry showed the average amounts that children are receiving across Britain, among its customers.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Graham Platner is set to take questions from voters Sunday at a town hall-style event in Maine as the Democrat moves to stabilize his...

The leaders called on Vladimir Putin to agree `an immediate and complete ceasefire´, No 10 said.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to arrive in North Korea on Monday after hosting back-to-back summits with US President Donald Trump and Russia's...

President Donald Trump lasted through probing questions about his Iran war strategy and repeated weather disruptions during an interview with US broadcaster...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - South Africa's president promised Sunday to act on what he called concerns over illegal migration following a rise in...

An Ebola outbreak raging in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has made it even more urgent to broker a ceasefire for the conflict-ravaged region, the...

The meeting comes after a Russian drone strike damaged a storage centre for spent nuclear fuel near Chernobyl.

ROME (AP) - A patrol boat recovered the bodies of 10 people after a fishing vessel rescued 48 migrants from a craft that capsized near Malta, Italy´s coast...

ISLAMABAD (AP) - The top court in Pakistan-administered Kashmir ruled Sunday that 12 legislative seats reserved for Kashmiri refugees living in Pakistan are...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Former Sen. Bob Packwood, a moderate Oregon Republican whose reputation as a champion of abortion and women's rights was spoiled at the...

NEW YORK (AP) - A federal lawsuit seeks to halt the upcoming UFC fight card on the White House South Lawn in a mixed martial arts show timed for President...

Alicia Hempleman-Adams, from Bath, landed safely with her teammates Bert Padelt and Peter Cuneo in Luxembourg on Sunday.

NEW YORK (AP) - The summer box office is booming - but not because of the usual suspects. After three weeks of indie horror dominance at the box office, the...

The Scottish Greens said they will not vote for a parliamentary inquiry into Peter Murrell´s embezzlement of SNP funds.

Airlines expect to carry more passengers this year but earn only half as much profit as in 2025, as high fuel prices don't appear to be fully deterring...

DUP MP Carla Lockhart said she `stepped in to ensure calm heads prevailed´ during a counter protest to a pro-Palestine march.

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) - President Donald Trump is dismissing the idea that launching the war with Iran this year betrayed his refrain of "No new wars" that...

The United States said it shot down a pair of Iranian drones threatening the Strait of Hormuz, as the Middle East war reached its 100th day on Sunday with no...

Israel's military struck Beirut's southern suburbs on Sunday, hitting two apartments in two buildings, after saying it had intercepted two projectiles...

A jubilant crowd of Catholic faithful filled Madrid with chants, cheers and applause on Sunday as an open-air mass by Pope Leo XIV imbued the Spanish capital...

The multiple Olympic champion said she is resting after `scariest experience´ of her life.

Up to 1,000 people were taking part in the exercise.

LONDON (AP) - Britain's deputy prime minister said Sunday that he told U.S. Vice President JD Vance he was wrong to blame immigration for the death of a...

Jerry McCabe was shot dead by an IRA gang during a raid on the post office in Adare, Co Limerick, in June 1996.

TOCANTINIA, Brazil (AP) - Fire began crackling like approaching rain on a recent morning in the Xerente Indigenous Territory in Tocantins in northern Brazil....

At least 12 people were wounded as gunfire erupted Saturday near a busy street festival in Ohio. Some people at the event in Toledo scrambled for cover while...

COPENHAGEN (AP) - Business in the front, party in the back.A packed Danish crowd celebrated on Saturday the much-maligned but enduring mullet hairstyle,...

NEW PALTZ, N.Y. (AP) - On a drizzly Saturday morning late last month, the basement of the New Paltz United Methodist Church filled with old lamps, blunt...

NEW YORK (AP) - Flying vampires. A musical spoof of the megahit movie "Titanic." Another spoof, this time of golden-age Broadway musicals. And a new "Death...

It highlighted data showing Scotland could be charged £1 billion to use the UK´s electricity network for renewable projects.

A man in his 60s was taken to hospital with serious injuries following the incident in Portarlington.

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - The Nigerian army said Sunday it freed 360 people abducted by Boko Haram in southern Borno, in the northeastern part of the country.The...

CAIRO (AP) - Pakistan´s interior minister was in Tehran on Sunday in a fresh bid to restart negotiations between Iran and the U.S., as the American military...

A proposal to raise the minimum age from 10 to 14 in Northern Ireland will be discussed at Stormont this week.

The Deputy Prime Minister said `the money will be found´ to fund pledges in the awaited Defence Investment Plan.

Neil Gray said he would consider knife amnesties in the wake of two killings perpetrated by teenagers.

The Met Office said the weather is expected to settle by next weekend and some parts could see 24C.

One person was killed and 55 injured in political violence that erupted in Somalia's capital this week, according to a government statement on...

More than 6.28 million euro has been awarded to a project involving two communities impacted by tragedy.

The Deputy Prime Minister said Sir Keir must be able to `serve out his mandate´ from the 2024 general election.

LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor...

The Deputy Prime Minister said he challenged the US vice-president in a `robust´ phone call on Saturday.

Unionist parties expressed concern at the level of policing amid a pro-Palestine march and counter-protest in the Co Down village on Saturday.

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) - Police on the Greek island of Crete on Sunday arrested a 37-year-old Palestinian man on suspicion of planning "terrorist" attacks...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - The Israeli-occupied West Bank and nearby Israeli towns witnessed several simultaneous shooting incidents on Sunday, leaving at least...

MADRID (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of people poured into a central Madrid plaza on Sunday for Pope Leo XIV ´s main Mass and a procession highlighting one of...

LIMA, Peru (AP) - Peruvians choose between two presidential hopefuls with starkly different views Sunday, as they elect their ninth head of state in 10 years...

MONGBWALU, Congo (AP) - Dr. Richard Lokudu, the medical director of Mongbwalu General Referral Hospital, has received barely any compensation for his work on...

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) - Armenians will vote Sunday in parliamentary elections as the incumbent government, under mounting Russian pressure, seeks to loosen...

The so-called E3 group of nations meeting the Ukrainian leader are some of Kyiv´s staunchest allies.

The Public Accounts Committee´s chairman said advice to carry out maintenance checks every time Ajax is stopped was an `insult to intelligence´.

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) - Voters in Kosovo headed to the polls Sunday for an early parliamentary election, the third in 18 months, in an attempt to unlock a...

Hundreds of young Chinese students clutching pens and their IDs shuffled into a testing centre in blue-skied Beijing on Sunday, swarmed by parents, joining...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - China's Xi Jinping is traveling to North Korea for the first time in nearly seven years in a trip that offers North Korean leader...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Rob Sand will rally a crowd for the first time as the official Democratic nominee for Iowa governor on Sunday, kicking off a...

After a blitz of congressional redistricting ahead of the midterm elections, a national battle for partisan control is about to enter a new phase that could...

NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. consumers haven´t stopped spending money since the Iran war drove up fuel prices, but many shoppers are reassessing what they buy and...

Khan Younis, Gaza Strip (AP) - In their bare-bones tent in southern Gaza, Mostafa Shaaban built his family´s makeshift toilet behind a curtain in a corner....

A new exchange of fire with Iran in the Gulf tests the fragile ceasefireCAIRO (AP) - Iran fired ballistic missiles and drones toward Bahrain and Kuwait that...

Once reserved for wealthy travellers, Dubai's top-notch hotels have become almost exclusively reliant on residents, drawn in by dizzying staycation offers as...

Beneath a busy flyover in India's financial capital Mumbai, a row of pastel-coloured shipping containers houses an unlikely school serving some of the city's...

With pitchforks and a makeshift combine the size of a golf cart, Hamad Jazi and his nephews race under the blazing sun to collect wheat from their West Bank...

North Korea's nuclear weapons programme is "absolutely non-negotiable", the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un said in a statement carried by state media...

OPEC+ ministers meet Sunday to weigh higher production quotas in a bid to cap oil prices that have surged since the Iran war effectively choked off Gulf...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called a U.S. push for the denuclearization of North Korea an "anachronistic...

As New York prepares to host the World Cup, the city is instead awash in Knicks blue and orange, reflecting a deep love for the gritty, unifying team chasing...

For the past few months, Michael Gilpin has slept in a small, prefabricated house he moved into when he got off the streets of Los Angeles as part of a major...

Video games are having a moment in the United States -- but the players are getting older.The average American video game player is now 37 years old -- up...

Hampshire Police sought to release a statement to address what it described as `disinformation´ circulating online.

The team of Gordonstoun teenagers ran, cycled, swam and canoed to complete a route followed by the King when he was a pupil at the school.

The programme aims to hook up 100% of premises in Scotland to high speed internet.

The design was commissioned by the Scottish Government and selected by a panel including the US ambassador to the UK Warren Stephens.

Latest NHS Scotland workforce statistics show a £15m increase in cost within a year.

Professor Jim McDonald and Sir James MacMillan have been honoured.

Last week, ministers laid out details for proposals which could ensure guaranteed hours for workers.

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Multiple people were shot Saturday afternoon near a community street festival in Toledo, Ohio, police said.Toledo police officers...

The speaker of Senegal's parliament, Ousmane Sonko, a powerful mentor-turned-rival to President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, won re-election Saturday as head of...

Clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement outside a New Jersey immigration detention center since late May have become the latest flashpoint for...

The winning Lotto numbers were 08, 10, 26, 30, 35, 42 and the bonus number was 50.

In an Instagram story on Friday, the star announced she will perform a `secret intimate´ concert in London next month.

Irish premier Micheal Martin said the actions of Israel are `not acceptable´.