The powerful cleric had been expected to succeed Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli strike last month.

The US government has fined American Airlines 50 million dollars (£38.5 million) for failing to provide wheelchair assistance ...

The US Secretary of State wrapped up his 11th visit to the region since the war began, with no sign of any ceasefire.

Around one in 10 young adults are either not sure or do not believe removing a condom without consent during sex is a crime, according to what is said to be the first UK study on views of so-called ...

Geoff Capes, twice the world’s strongest man and a three-time Olympian, has died aged 75, British Athletics has announced. The Lincolnshire-born athlete won Commonwealth shot put gold in 1974 and 1978 ...

The research indicates that the brain’s processing capacity for language may be much faster than previously thought.

Foreign Office Minister Stephen Doughty said Iran directly increased tensions in the Middle East and armed Russia with drones to use against Ukraine.

Labour’s Clive Efford said campaigners feel as if they have ‘won the war, only to see those they vanquished put in charge of delivering ...

Hor Vichet, a zookeeper at the non-profit Fauna and Flora breeding centre for the critically endangered reptiles in ...

Assailants have set off explosives and opened fire in an attack on the premises of the Turkish state-run aerospace and defence company TUSAS, killing four people and wounding several, President Recep ...

Police investigating the deaths of three people at a care home in Swanage are pursuing potential carbon monoxide poisoning as their “primary line of inquiry”. Dorset Police Chief Superintendent ...

First Minister Michelle O’Neill has insisted that no armed groups should exist in Northern Ireland in this day and age. Ms O’Neill, who is the vice-president of Sinn Fein, said any engagement with ...