A Swiss won, a Danish man and the pilot died when the plane crashed during take-off from an Australian tourist island.

First Minister John Swinney has said he would not refuse to meet Donald Trump if he visits Scotland, after the Scottish Greens urged ministers not to do so. The US president-elect, who is due to be ...

“Army deep divers have found and retrieved one body from the flooded mine. The divers will go into the mine again to continue their search operations,” said Kaushik Rai, a local government minister ...

Patients have been urged to attend A&E alone as NHS hospitals grapple with high demand amid rising flu cases. Several NHS trusts declared critical incidents due to “exceptionally high demands” in ...

Prostate cancer imaging developed by university researchers has shown “extremely encouraging” results in its first clinical trials. A team at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, leading the clinical ...

John Singer Sargent portraits of American heiresses are going on show at Kenwood House in May, exploring the lives behind the 'dollar princesses' ...

Ukraine, up against a larger enemy, Russia, relies on Western and especially US military backing to keep fighting.

The Advertising Standards Authority ruled that the burning of the US dollar and euro banknotes would have caused serious ...

In a one-sentence ruling following an emergency hearing, Judge Ellen Gesmer denied Mr Trump’s request for an immediate order ...

Thames Water is to be allowed to hike its bills by 35% by 2030 - even as it was fined £18.2 for paying “unjustified” dividends to shareholders. The average annual bill for customers in London and the ...

A strong earthquake killed at least 95 people in Tibet on Tuesday and left many others trapped as dozens of aftershocks shook ...

Campaigners in Wivelsfield Green, East Sussex, say inappropriate development over the last decade has put a ‘massive strain’ ...