Israel has deported six more activists who were detained when it seized an aid boat bound for the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, according to the rights group representing them.

Researchers from East China Normal University in Shanghai and Sweden’s Lund University described the shortage as a ‘looming crisis”.

All 259 passengers and crew and 11 people on the ground were killed when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded above the Scottish town of Lockerbie 40 minutes into its flight from London Heathrow to New York. It ...

The UK Energy Secretary visited the Acorn site in Aberdeenshire as it was confirmed it would get £200 million of development ...

A determination on the application, which has sparked security concerns, will be made on or before September 9.

Writer and barrister Cherie Blair has described Barbara Taylor Bradford as “an inspiration to me, and to millions” at a memorial service for the author. The 70-year-old told the PA news agency she ...

A statue has been unveiled to remember Hendrix the cat, who roamed the beach and amusement arcades at Saltburn, Cleveland. The cat was popular with locals and visitors alike and they crowdfunded to ...

The number of Russian troops killed or wounded in Ukraine has topped one million, military officials in Kyiv said on Thursday, describing the huge price that Moscow has paid for its three-year-old ...

A procedural hearing on Thursday and Friday was ordered by Lord Bracadale to consider an application for his own recusal.

Crime writer Sir Ian Rankin has said he hopes his famous detective John Rebus will return in the future, though he will not be in his next book. Rebus featured in Midnight and Blue which was published ...