Moscow has launched a massive missile barrage on Christmas Day, with the aim of crippling energy infrastructure sites across ...

The plane crashed while en route from the Azerbaijani capital Baku to the Russian city Grozny in the North Caucasus.

More than 30 people are feared dead after an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed in Kazakhstan. Officials say at least 32 of ...

The wife of deposed Syrian leader Bashar Assad is severely ill with leukaemia and has been given a 50/50 chance of survival, media reports have claimed. Asma Assad is being isolated to prevent ...

The mildest start to Christmas Day on record has been recorded for Northern Ireland and Scotland. In Kinloss, Moray, temperatures reached 11.9C, while at Killowen, Co Down, it peaked at 11C for the 24 ...

The Bishop of Newcastle has criticised the Christmas Day sermon delivered by the Archbishop of York, describing his suggestion that the Church of England needs to change as “empty words”. Stephen ...

Here is the full text of the King’s Christmas broadcast: “Earlier this year, as we commemorated the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, the Queen and I had the enormous privilege of meeting, once again, the ...

Swimmers take part in an early Christmas Day dip on Boscombe beach in Dorset (Andrew Matthews/PA) Some members of the Serpentine Swimming Club were in fancy dress for the Peter Pan Cup race, which is ...

A top French chef and restaurant owner has told his story of being sent to work on a boat in Ipswich at the age of 15. Julien Jourdain spoke about his extraordinary journey from working in the kitchen ...

The generative AI boom continued at pace in 2024, with smartphones becoming a key battleground for the technology’s ...

Suffolk is looking to appoint a new armed forces commissioner. The successful candidate will support the county's UK Armed Forces community for three years from March 2025. This voluntary position ...

The Princess of Wales joined other members of the royal family as they walked from Sandringham House to the church.