Samarco – a joint venture of Vale and BHP – was responsible for what has been called the country’s worst environmental ...

The former boss of fashion giant Abercrombie & Fitch is due to be arraigned on sex trafficking and prostitution charges in New York. Ex-chief executive Mike Jeffries, 80, his partner Matthew Smith, 61 ...

North Korean troops are poised to be deployed by Russia on the battlefield in Ukraine as early as this weekend, Ukrainian ...

In Gaza, Israeli air strikes and shelling hit houses in eastern areas of the southern city of Khan Younis late Thursday and ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said the Prime Minister is a “working person” as the Government continues to be asked to pin down the term ahead of tax rises expected in next week’s Budget. “The Prime ...

England head coach Steve Borthwick has named 17 players who have been awarded the first enhanced Elite Player Squad contracts in English rugby.

James Franco has revealed that his friendship of more than two decades with fellow actor Seth Rogen is “over”. The 46-year-old US actor, who began starring alongside Rogen in 1999 comedy show Freaks ...

A man has been sentenced to prison after stealing three statues worth £78,000 from a home in south Oxfordshire.

Two Scottish pensioners have been given permission to proceed with their legal challenge against the UK and Scottish and governments’ decision to cut the winter fuel payment.

All five of One Direction’s studio albums have returned to the UK top 40 as fans mourn the death of former member Liam Payne. The 31-year-old singer fell from the third-floor balcony of the Casa Sur ...

Team England Rugby, run by and for England players, has brokered a new four-year elite player squad (EPS) agreement with the Rugby Football Union. Here, the PA news agency takes a closer look at the ...

Teenager Brianna Ghey was unlawfully killed by her classmate and her friend but their schools or local authority could not have foreseen her murder, a coroner has ruled.