Francis is said to be responding well to treatment and has shown a ‘gradual, slight improvement’, his doctors say.

Hundreds of events were hosted where the pain, grief, compassion and sacrifice of those difficult times was remembered.

The move comes a week after Israel cut off all supplies of goods to the territory of more than two million people.

Surrey Police are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of 64-year-old Kelvin, who has been missing for five days after last being seen ...

Countries cannot be “dragooned” into the so-called coalition of the willing by the UK, a senior minister has suggested. Pat McFadden has said that nations have to “step forward themselves” if they ...

Flight cancellations at Hamburg Airport after a surprise strike by workers affected more than 40,000 passengers on Sunday, a day before a planned wider protest across Germany amid new contract ...

One person has been confirmed dead and several injured as rain lashed the Australian east coast, even though it avoided the ...

Double gold Paralympic athlete Richard Whitehead has completed the original London marathon route to support grassroots ...

A tropical cyclone has weakened into a tropical low weather system as it approaches Brisbane, Australia’s third-most populous ...

A man has been charged with the murder of a boy who was fatally shot in south London. Lathaniel Burrell, 16, from Stockwell, died at the scene after being attacked in Paradise Road, Stockwell, on ...

A British explorer is aiming to become the first woman to solo traverse across Canada’s Baffin Island, battling temperatures as low as -40C. Camilla Hempleman-Adams, 32, will cover 150 miles during ...

An armed man believed to be travelling from Indiana was shot by US Secret Service agents near the White House after a confrontation early on Sunday, authorities have said.