Police in northern Switzerland said on Tuesday that several people have been detained and a criminal case opened in connection with the suspected death of a person in a new “suicide capsule”.

A hurricane struck Mexico’s southern Pacific coast with life-threatening flood potential after increasing in strength in a matter of hours. Its rapid intensification caught authorities off guard as ...

Former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, classist Natalie Haynes, comedians Russell Kane and Vic Reeves, The Supervet star Noel Fitzpatrick and historians Sarah Clegg and Jonathan Dimbleby will ...

Initial messaging around shielding at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic could have been more nuanced, Northern Ireland’s chief medical officer has said.

The UN General Assembly’s annual meeting, which ends on September 30, follows the two-day Summit Of The Future.

Joe Powell also a argued that companies named in the Grenfell report should no longer receive contracts or public money from the Government.

Lebanon’s Health Ministry has said the death toll from Israeli airstrikes in the country since early on Monday has reached 558, including 50 children and 94 women. Health minister Firass Abiad told ...

Sir Declan Morgan said a Court of Appeal judgment had “clearly and unequivocally” endorsed the independence of the commission.

On Thursday, a yellow warning for the North East – indicating heavy rain could cause some disruption – has been issued for the whole day.

Rosamund Pike will make her National Theatre debut in a new production as Rufus Norris marks his final season as artistic director of the organisation. Norris, who announced last year he would step ...

Winter fuel payments to pensioners rose to 11.6 million last year, figures show as the Government continues to face a backlash over its plan to cut back the benefit.

The mothers of two young people who died after being caught in a rip tide on Bournemouth beach have paid emotional tributes to the pair at the start of an inquest into their deaths.