The shock offensive sent residents fleeing and added fresh uncertainty to a region reeling from multiple wars.

Voting in the Irish General Election continued into Friday evening after a quick campaign that focused on the country’s most pressing issues.

Police launched a probe earlier this year after it was reported that a number of men with links to Westminster had received unsolicited messages.

The figures are based on the total number of MPs able to express a preference in the vote, which was 639: 635 who could cast a vote, plus two tellers – or counters – for those MPs in favour (“aye”) ...

Edward Trevitt, of Barnard Street, Salisbury, indicated guilt to two burglaries he had carried out in October 2023, when he stole more ...

Some MPs have indicated that their continued support at a further vote is contingent on being assured of appropriate safeguards in the Bill. Among them was Conservative grandee Sir David Davis, who ...

More bodies buried under the mud were retrieved in eastern Uganda and an injured person died in a hospital, bringing the ...

Finlay MacDonald, 41, murdered his brother-in-law and attempted to kill his wife and a married couple on August 10, 2022.

It comes after it was announced Gregg Wallace will step away from hosting MasterChef while historical misconduct complaints are externally reviewed.

Two children and a 50-year-old were taken to hospital in Deir al-Balah, where a doctor confirmed they had died of suffocation ...

Janey Godley’s hearse was showered with roses as hundreds of fans gathered to watch it travel along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. The Scottish comedian’s coffin was driven down the famous street in ...

A man has been charged with two counts of attempted murder after an eight-year-old girl and her father were injured in a shooting. Jazz Reid, 32, of Kensington, west London, was also charged with ...