World champion Luke Littler made the perfect start to his Winmau World Masters campaign in Milton Keynes as he cruised to a 3-0 victory over Andy Baetens. At such a critical moment in US history, we ...

The M23 rebel group that is backed by Rwanda has emerged as a more potent force after being crushed during their first rebellion in 2012 ...

Hamas has handed over the first two hostages out of three expected to be released on Saturday as part of its ceasefire deal ...

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She served in the Iraq War and the fight against the Islamic State. Now she is the latest victim of a far-right hoax machine that has repeatedly smeared trans people as killers ...

Both black boxes from the American Airlines aircraft were previously found, and all three devices will now be taken for analysis ...

Three high-profile Israeli hostages are set to be released by Hamas on Saturday, while Palestinian authorities say Israel has ...

Neal Skupski and Joe Salisbury took Great Britain to within one win of victory in their Davis Cup tie in Japan. The British ...

Air ambulance flight crashed near Roosevelt Mall about 30 seconds after taking off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport, potentially killing six ...

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The same team who made the incredible Mr Bates vs the Post Office is turning its attention to the phone hacking scandal, ...

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp is the latest figure to claim that the UK has a poor work ethic. Katie Rosseinsky asks why workers are being criticised for wanting a better, more balanced quality of ...