Flooding caused by continuous rainfall has killed at least 32 people in Nepal’s capital and another 12 are missing. Rains have been pounding Kathmandu since Friday night and are expected to continue ...

Western governments have pushed for a ceasefire, warning that the situation in Lebanon could descend into a regional war.

The King marked the 25th anniversary of the Scottish Parliament with an address to the chamber. Here is the speech in full: Presiding Officer, First Minister, Members of the Scottish Parliament, ...

An explosion at a petrol station in Russia’s southern region of Dagestan has killed at least 13 people. The blast on Friday triggered a fire that tore through the site, including a cafeteria, on the ...

Pope Francis has promised to “offer all the help we can” to victims of clergy sexual abuse after people in Belgium told him ...

Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis has shared a warning to anyone with a savings account. Speaking on his BBC Sounds podcast, The Martin Lewis Podcast, the money expert said that some people could be ...

Ri Ri and Shin Shin made their final public appearance at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo on Saturday before returning to China for medical treatment.

The star of screen and stage, who died in hospital on Friday aged 89, portrayed Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham in the hit ITV drama.

Fierce winds almost unseated him and the sea nearly swept his tent away but nothing could stop a university student from cycling the entire length of Norway for charity. Ed Watson, a medical student ...

NHS data shows that the proportion of women using the pill as their main form of contraception has dropped from 47 in 2012-13 to 27 in 2022-23.

Two consecutive Russian attacks on a medical centre in the north-eastern Ukrainian city of Sumy has killed at least eight people. The first strike killed one person and Russia attacked again while ...

Police have seized cocaine worth an estimated £600,000 after a car was searched. Officers stopped a vehicle on the A702 in Abington, Lanarkshire on Friday afternoon, with the drugs found when they ...