Iwao Hakamada was sentenced to death for the murders of four people in 1966 but was not executed, due to Japan’s lengthy ...

Some 68,265,200 people were likely to have been resident in the UK in the middle of last year, up 662,400 from 67,602,800 12 ...

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said ‘all the proper processes’ were followed when Rachel Kyte was appointed the UK’s special representative ...

The departure of Israeli forces from a post in south Lebanon where Irish peacekeepers are serving has been welcomed by the Taoiseach. The development came on Tuesday amid growing concerns for the ...

Txiki Begiristain is set to leave his position as director of football at Manchester City at the end of the season, according to reports. Begiristain took on the role in October 2012, having been in ...

France’s minority government survived a no-confidence vote on Tuesday, two weeks after taking office, getting over the first hurdle placed by left-wing MPs to bring down new conservative Prime ...

El-Abd has taken over from Felix Jones after the Irishman who helped South Africa win the 2019 and 2023 World Cups unexpectedly resigned in August.

Most of Florida’s west coast was under a hurricane or tropical storm warning as the system and its 150 mph winds spun off Mexico’s ...

Dominic Solanke always thought he would get another chance with England after ending a seven-year exile from the national team. The Tottenham striker is back in the fold for the first time since 2017 ...

Overall, MI5 and the police have disrupted 43 late-stage attack plots since March 2017, saving “numerous lives”, he said, adding: “Some of those plotters were trying to get hold of firearms and ...

RESIDENTS evacuated as a safety precaution following an explosion in an Alloa property have now been allowed to return home.

The Scottish First Minister John Swinney hit out at the UK Government ‘damaging’ decision to means-test the benefit.