The first hostage, soldier Agam Berger, 20, was released after Hamas paraded her in front of a crowd in the heavily destroyed ...

The United States built the canal in the early 1900s as it looked for ways to facilitate the transit of commercial and military vessels.

A former RAF pilot who launched a charity which flies humanitarian aid to isolated communities has died, with his wife paying tribute to him having “lavished 103 years of love” into the world.

Golden Globe winning actor Kiefer Sutherland has been spotted in Knaresborough during filming on a new film. According to a notice on North Yorkshire Council’s website, filming was underway in ...

Joe Saumarez Smith has stood down from his role as chair of the British Horseracing Authority with immediate effect due to deteriorating health.

Israel has released 110 Palestinian prisoners after eight hostages in the Gaza Strip were freed by Hamas-led militants earlier in the day. It was a sometimes chaotic process that briefly called the ...

Haverton Hill Recycling Centre in Stockton has re-opened after a "unexploded mortar shell" prompted an evacuation this afternoon.

The former head of a South African arts festival has been appointed chief executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society. Tony Lankester joins the society from Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, ...

Mr Trump blamed previous administrations’ efforts to promote diversity at federal agencies for contributing to the crash.

The 45-year-old and his partner Gemma Watts, 49, have admitted murder and perverting the course of justice by dismembering Ms Mayhew’s body, distributing the parts at “various locations” and cleaning ...

A man whose father, brother and sister died “in dreadful circumstances” has told MPs their sympathy “only goes so far” as he urged them to get on with the process to legalise assisted dying.

City will face one of those two European heavyweights in the Champions League next month after scraping through to the play-off round on Wednesday.