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.

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 ...

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 ...

Hundreds of thousands of families across England are finding out which primary school their child will be joining this September.

Sir Ed Davey has written to Foreign Secretary David Lammy, urging the Government to take steps in retaliation for Wera Hobhouse’s deportation.

The grandfather of footballer Jesse Lingard has told a court he was not an “ogre” as he denied allegations of historical sexual assault. Kenneth Lingard gave evidence in his trial at Liverpool Crown ...

The ruling means transgender women with a gender recognition certificate (GRC) can be excluded from single-sex spaces if ‘proportionate’.

The Scottish Finance Secretary said there are no plans to bring forward new, revised gender reforms at the Scottish Parliament.

An Oldham detective who "preyed on women in the workplace" has been barred from policing. Detective Sergeant Richard Mills has been banned him from policing at a Greater Manchester Police (GMP) ...

The Prime Minister has faced repeated questions over his definition of a woman in the five years since he became Labour leader.