The captives were handed over in staged ceremonies that the Red Cross and Israel have condemned as cruel and disrespectful.

A 40-year-old man has died in hospital after an ambulance collided with a pedestrian while responding to an emergency call. Police said they were alerted to the crash on the A96 near Moss of ...

The Vatican carried on with its Holy Year celebrations without the pope on Saturday, as Pope Francis battled pneumonia and a ...

The move sidelines a history-making fighter pilot and respected officer as part of a campaign to rid the military of leaders ...

Thieves in France used a stolen bank card to buy a winning lottery ticket worth 500,000 euros (£414,000). But they vanished before cashing in – and now they are among the country’s most famous ...

Labour was told to do more to save the hundreds of jobs at risk in Falkirk or face the consequences at the 2026 Holyrood elections.

Police said ‘new information’ led them to arrest two men and a woman on suspicion of murdering Robert Scott Clive who disappeared in ...

Sergei Ryabkov said a possible Putin-Trump summit could involve broad talks on global issues, not just the war in Ukraine.

Police are investigating the death of a 23-year-old man whose body was found at the bottom of a cliff near the Avoriaz ski resort on Monday.

Omer Wenkert, Omer Shem Tov and Eliya Cohen were brought out by masked, armed Hamas fighters to pose on a stage.

Norfolk's councils could get more powers to crack down on troublesome members, as part of the government's plans to strengthen standards.

The stars have urged the Government to rethink proposals to relax copyright rules to protect creative talent from artificial intelligence.