In north-west Syria, more than 700 abandoned Byzantine settlements called Dead Cities, stretch across rocky hills and plains, ...

Rwanda-backed rebels have occupied a second major city in the mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the ...

Israel has issued a tender for the construction of nearly 1,000 additional settler homes in the occupied West Bank, an ...

BBC radio presenter Janice Forsyth has been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s, she has announced. The 30-plus year, freelance broadcasting veteran has presented shows on BBC Radio Scotland, Radio ...

The Pope has spent a fourth day in hospital with a respiratory tract infection that has already sidelined him longer than his treatment for pneumonia in 2023. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said ...

US secretary of state Marco Rubio is leading a delegation to Saudi Arabia for direct talks with Russian officials in the coming days to seek an end to the fighting in Ukraine.

An emergency closure has been issued for Stockwell Avenue from today (February 17) until Friday, February 21, Dudley Council has said. The road will be closed from Mousehall Farm Road to Acres Road.

The Highland nymph, or Alpine coffee moth, is on the edge of extinction due to loss of mountain willow habitat, experts have said.

Wes Streeting has said he will believe Lucy Letby’s conviction for killing and attempting to kill babies is fair unless a court decides otherwise. The Health Secretary said that “waging a campaign” on ...