The Met Office has forecast rain showers for parts of the UK next week following a “remarkably dry start to spring”.

US transportation officials have launched an investigation into why a Mexican navy tall ship hit the Brooklyn Bridge in a collision that snapped the vessel’s three masts, killed two crew members and ...

A man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of farmer Michael Gaine (Garda/PA) On Sunday afternoon, Irish police said a man, who is aged in his 50s, was arrested on suspicion of murder. “The ...

Earlier, the bells of St Peter’s Basilica rang as Leo waved from the back of the popemobile which looped slowly through the ...

Hard-right leader George Simion is favoured to win over pro-Western rival Nicusor Dan, the mayor of Bucharest.

German police were searching for a man who attacked and injured at least five people in the western city of Bielefeld early on Sunday. Police said three people suffered serious injuries and were being ...

Israel launched “extensive” new ground operations in the Gaza Strip while airstrikes in a new offensive killed at least 103 people, including dozens of children, overnight and into Sunday, hospitals ...

The mother of Southport attack victim Elsie Dot Stancombe has praised “inspiring” blood donors during a drive in the seaside town. Almost 100 people donated blood at the session at St John Stone ...

Irish police have confirmed human remains have been discovered in their search for the missing Kenmare farmer.

The UK Government should reconsider allowing a second independence referendum if there is an “overwhelming desire” for it in Scotland, Michael Gove has said. The Tory grandee was part of successive ...

The 35-year-old is patron of Horatio’s Garden, a charity that creates peaceful garden spaces for spinal injury patients.

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, vowed on Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a sign of peace in the world. He offered a message of love and communion during an ...