The plane crashed while en route from the Azerbaijani capital Baku to the Russian city Grozny in the North Caucasus.

The wife of deposed Syrian leader Bashar Assad is severely ill with leukaemia and has been given a 50/50 chance of survival, ...

The mildest start to Christmas Day on record has been recorded for Northern Ireland and Scotland. In Kinloss, Moray, ...

In his homily, Francis said the Holy Year is an opportunity to relieve the debt of poor countries and commit to protecting ...

Swimmers take part in an early Christmas Day dip on Boscombe beach in Dorset (Andrew Matthews/PA) Some members of the ...

Israel and Hamas have accused each other of complicating ceasefire efforts as the two sides inch closer to a deal that could ...

Here is the full text of the King’s Christmas broadcast: “Earlier this year, as we commemorated the 80th Anniversary of D-Day ...

The students are demanding justice over the collapse of a concrete construction at a railway station that killed 15 people in ...

The Bishop of Newcastle has criticised the Christmas Day sermon delivered by the Archbishop of York, describing his ...

The Land Cruiser has always been the choice of those drivers after an assured off-roader, but is that the same for a new one?

Princess Beatrice joined other members of the royal family at Sandringham on Christmas Day after changing her travel plans ...

Pope Francis has used his traditional Christmas message to urge “all people of all nations” to find courage during this Holy ...