Pope Francis has denounced the “scourge” of child labour and other abuses suffered by children, saying anyone who harms or exploits a child will have to answer to God.

A state of emergency has been declared after a wildfire whipped up by extreme winds swept through a Los Angeles hillside ...

A fundraiser has been launched to replace a Jewish Menorah after a shocking vandalism incident in Bricket Wood.

The former New York City mayor owes £118 million dollars to two Georgia election workers after he was found to have defamed them.

Thousands of people remain without power during a bitter cold spell across Ireland. The entire island was under weather warnings coming into Wednesday morning, with temperatures as low as minus 6C ...

Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg will serve as the country’s interim leader while the far-right Freedom Party attempts to put together a new coalition government, the president’s ...

The mercury is set to drop sharply, with lows of minus 15C possible in Scotland and northern England overnight on Thursday.

The Right Revd Dr Alan Smith, Bishop of St Albans, has announced his retirement this year as he wishes to move back to his childhood county ...

Aziz Ziriat and Sam Harris have not been seen or heard from since January 1 and they did not check in for their flight home on January 6.

California firefighters are battling wildfires that tore across the Los Angeles area amid high winds, destroying homes, causing tens of thousands of people to flee and straining resources. Officials ...

The energy major also expects final quarter profits in its gas business to be ‘significantly lower’ than the previous three months.

Israeli air strikes have killed at least five people in the Gaza Strip, including two infants and a woman, Palestinian medics said. One strike hit a home in the central city of Deir al-Balah, killing ...