In another New Year staple, darts fans again flocked to London’s Alexandra Palace, many in costume, to see what the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune would bring in 2025.

He was the last communist leader of Soviet Estonia and the Baltic country’s second president after the restoration of independence.

A Co Armagh community is still in shock over the deaths of a father and son in a crash just two days after Christmas, their funeral has heard. Peter Devlin and his son Loughlin, from Killylea, were ...

In Berlin, 30 police officers and one firefighter were injured in confrontations or attacks, leading to 400 arrests, city officials said.

The Traitors is back for Series 3 on BBC One, where 25 contestants will be battling it out in the hopes of winning up to £120,000. After first airing in November 2022, the reality show hosted by ...

A 17-year-old is fighting for his life in hospital after a stabbing in south London on New Year’s Day. The Metropolitan Police said they were informed by the London Ambulance Service of a stabbing at ...

Ten people were killed and 30 others injured when a vehicle drove into a crowd in New Orleans, according to city officials. The incident happened in the city’s popular Bourbon Street area. Police ...

Northern Scotland is expected to be hit with snow on New Year’s Day, including Inverness, Aberdeenshire and Caithness and Sutherland in the Highlands and Moray, which are covered by a Met Office ...

Schools could potentially be closed and there is a chance of power cuts and road closures, the Met Office said.

The PA news agency’s photographers provided unrivalled coverage of the world of politics this year as these first rate images show.

Pope Francis has ushered in 2025 with a renewed appeal for the faithful to reject abortion, calling for a “firm commitment” to protect and respect life from conception to natural death. The ...

The two-year renovation of the almost 300-year-old watermill on the outskirts of Belfast will see it reopen as a deli, cafe and restaurant.