Lawyers are attempting to recover 148 million dollars after the former New York mayor was found to have defamed two Georgia ...

Myanmar’s military government has released more than 6,000 prisoners and reduced other inmates’ sentences as part of a mass ...

(Image: Newsquest) A popular police sergeant was set to pound the streets of the Doon Valley for the last time in early 2005. Andy Clapperton, a native of New Cumnock, was about to depart as Section ...

Police confirmed they were supporting the family of Edward Pettifer, 31, of Chelsea, who was killed in the attack in Bourbon Street.

Colin Firth portrays Dr Jim Swire in a new TV series about his fight for justice after the death of his daughter Flora.

Six days of funeral observances for Jimmy Carter are due to begin in Georgia, where the former US president died on December 29 at the age of 100. The first events reflect Mr Carter’s climb up the ...

Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died aged 116, officials said. Ms Itooka died on December 29 at a care home in Ashiya, Hyogo ...

A fire that broke out at a shopping centre in Dallas has killed more than 500 animals, most of which were small birds, authorities said. The 579 animals in the pet shop at Plaza Latina in the ...