The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) regional director-elect for Africa has died while receiving medical treatment in India, Tanzania’s parliament speaker said. Plans to repatriate the body of Dr ...

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has asked judges to issue an arrest warrant for the head of Myanmar’s military regime for crimes committed against the country’s Rohingya Muslim ...

The Government needs to take action to support the industry to transition to cage-free eggs, campaigners have urged.

A rail union has claimed a “substantial victory” for its members on London Underground in a pay dispute. The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) said it had accepted a pay offer it maintained had ...

Public satisfaction with how often potholes are seen locally is no better than 10% in more than a third of English council areas, according to new research. The AA described the figures as “dismal” ...

SANTA Claus will be coming to town this week, as he visits the King's Estate near Cumnock. Father Christmas will be visiting Dumfries House on Saturday, November 30, with locals invited to come along ...

The CMA said that after analysing 50,000 loyalty-priced products, it found 92 offered savings on the usual price.

Authorities have reopened roads linking Pakistan’s capital with the rest of the country, ending a four-day lockdown, after using tear gas to disperse supporters of imprisoned former Prime Minister ...

A charity founded by former prime minister Gordon Brown and delivery superpower Amazon is celebrating its three-year ...

A 25-strong shortlist of images taken from entries to the Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest is being put to a public ...

Ashley Beedle, who remixed Elton John’s 1979 single Are You Ready For Love in 2003, has been battling health complications in ...

Imran Khan has been in a prison for more than a year and faces more than 150 criminal cases that his party says are ...