Samir Ousman al-Sheikh, who oversaw Syria’s infamous Adra Prison from 2005 to 2008 under recently ousted President Bashar Assad, was charged by a federal grand jury with several counts of torture and ...

England have recalled Matthew Potts for the third and final Test against New Zealand, with Chris Woakes making way. The tourists have already secured the Crowe-Thorpe Trophy with big wins in ...

Harshita Brella, 24, was found in the boot of a silver Vauxhall Corsa in Brisbane Road, Ilford, east London, on November 14.

Europe “will spend more” on defence, the head of Nato has suggested, after he warned that “it is time to shift to a wartime mindset”. Mark Rutte, the organisation’s secretary general, told the BBC ...

Some 38% of Britons are opting for potluck-style Christmas dinners, with 57% of this group saying they created a more communal and fun atmosphere. More than half (53%) also said that it reduced the ...

The National Audit Office (NAO) urged ministers to put ‘greater focus’ on ensuring more chargepoints are installed in rural locations.

The Government has unveiled a clean power action plan to decarbonise the electricity grid by the end of the decade to protect households from future energy price spikes, boost growth and tackle the ...

Research from green groups found that more than half of local authorities in England have failed to meet their ‘biodiversity duty’ requirements.

Age UK said families find the system for NHS continuing healthcare ‘a complete con’, with decision-making being made on an ‘ad hoc’ basis.

It comes as a London hospital became the first in the UK to offer patients a choice of two different implants.

ITV said that full episodes of various sports, entertainment, documentary, reality, daytime and news programmes will be on the video platform ...

The popularity of lipstick and factor 30 sunscreen also dwindled, as did home office chairs and ‘boring’ ice cube trays, the retailer reported.