The top United Nations official in South Sudan urged the UN Security Council on Wednesday to use its clout to prevent the world’s newest nation from again plunging into civil war. Nicholas Haysom ...

Campaigners who brought the legal case have told of their delight but others raised concerns at the implications.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has promised Malaysia and Vietnam greater access to Chinese markets as he tours south-east Asia ...

Marsan, 56, who recently played Amy Winehouse’s father Mitch in the film Back To Black, was made an OBE for his services to drama at an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle on Wednesday. The son of ...

A colossal squid has been filmed alive in the wild for the first time, 100 years after the species was discovered. The rare footage was captured on March 9 by Schmidt Ocean Institute’s remotely ...

The woman, in her sixties, was taken to hospital in a critical condition after the collision last week but died on Tuesday, police confirmed.

Spotify is back up and running, the music streaming giant has announced after it was hit with a service outage which left thousands of users unable to stream music on Wednesday afternoon. The platform ...

Stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze will host the 77th Emmy Awards, CBS has announced. One of the most popular stand-ups currently working, Bargatze will host the September 14 ceremony at the Peacock ...

A 39-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the discovery of the pensioner’s body on Wednesday.

The oil major’s board is likely to face conflicting pressures from shareholders against a backdrop of confusion and uncertainty for investors.

Whole ecosystems have been “decimated” and endangered species put at risk after weeks of wildfires across the UK, charities have warned. One of the driest Marches in decades, combined with warmer than ...

Seema Misra was eight weeks pregnant with her second child when she was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment in 2010.