President Donald Trump said on Monday that he is placing the Washington DC police department under federal control and ...

The move is a part of a collaboration between Scotland’s universities to support the country’s drive to net zero.

Shooting stars will be visible across the UK in the annual Perseid meteor shower that reaches its dazzling peak on Tuesday night. Every summer the Earth slams into a trail of debris from the ...

In a phone call with Canada’s Mark Carney, the leaders agreed Ukraine’s future ‘must be one of freedom, sovereignty and self-determination’.

Three white-tailed eagles have successfully fledged from wild nests in England, marking a new high for a reintroduction ...

A man who was killed in Co Down has been described by his family as a “beloved” father and grandfather. The body of Stephen Brannigan, who was in his 50s, was found in a house in Marian Park in ...

Love Island winner Dani Dyer has been revealed as the second celebrity taking part in this year's Strictly Come Dancing on BBC's The One Show.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued an amber heat health alert for the West Midlands from 9am tomorrow (August 12) until 6pm on Wednesday (August 13).

An explosion at a US Steel plant near Pittsburgh left one dead and dozens injured or trapped under the rubble on Monday, with emergency workers on site trying to rescue victims, officials said.

The Sussexes’ Archewell Productions is working on a romantic movie and a documentary short about children in a Ugandan orphanage.

Simon Harris extended Ireland’s sympathies to Al Jazeera over the deaths of five of its staff members in Gaza on Sunday night.

Footage shows diggers starting to remove a “disgusting” bank of wet wipes that has built up along the River Thames in west London as part of a first-of-its-kind clean-up project. Plastic waste has ...