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Mr Martin took part in a St Patrick´s Day parade on Sunday.

CHICAGO (AP) - A broad and erratic patchwork of severe weather rumbled across much of the U.S. on Sunday, dumping heavy snow and making roads impassable in...

Ahead of the Oscars, locals pinned up posters in shop windows and shared their hopes for proud Kerry woman Jessie Buckley.

`We haven´t had any strong evidence that our airspace has been used for any attacks on Iran,´ Micheal Martin also said.

Hundreds of people turned out in London Sunday for a pro-Palestinian march banned by the government after police said it was organised by a group "supportive...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Pixar´s "Hoppers" held onto the top slot at the box office, bouncing back with $28.5 million in its second weekend, according to studio...

A parade form Hyde Park to Trafalgar Square included dancers and a giant model of the patron saint.

JERUSALEM (AP) - The brother of a man who attacked a Michigan synagogue last week, who was killed earlier this month in an Israeli airstrike, was a Hezbollah...

NYON, Switzerland (AP) - UEFA said Sunday that the game between Argentina and Spain known as Finalissima that was supposed to be held in Qatar has been...

SAO PAULO (AP) - Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro ´s kidney function has improved but he will remain in an intensive care unit because of pneumonia,...

Al Quds Day demonstrators chanted `from the river to the sea´ and held pictures of the late leader of Iran at a static protest in London on Sunday.

LONDON (AP) - Prince William said Sunday he remembers his late mother Princess Diana "today and every day" as he shared a photo of them together on social...

A Hamas source said an Israeli strike on south Lebanon on Sunday killed an official from the Palestinian militant group as Hezbollah said it fired an...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan said Sunday it targeted militant hideouts in Afghanistan´s Kandahar region overnight, as the fighting that erupted...

Pakistan said on Sunday its forces had attacked military facilities in southern Afghanistan, as well as "terrorist hideouts", in the latest strikes between...

The Irish actress has already bagged a Bafta, Golden Globe and Critics Choice award for her role as the wife of William Shakespeare in Hamnet.

Attacks targeting commercial vessels in or near the Strait of Hormuz have put the blockaded waterway on the front line of the Middle East war, with spreading...

STOCKHOLM (AP) - A Swedish court on Sunday ordered the detention of the Russian captain of a ship that was suspected to be sailing under a false flag in the...

The 18-year-old male driver and his two 18-year-old male passengers were taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh for treatment.

Sir Ed also used his conference speech to say Britain should decouple its nuclear deterrent from dependence on American maintenance.

LONDON (AP) - Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, have hit back at the author of a new book on Britain's royal family, describing his...

ROME (AP) - Pope Leo XIV demanded a ceasefire in the Middle East on Sunday in his strongest comments to date, directly addressing the leaders who launched...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - The plane carrying about 150 Palestinians from Gaza came as a surprise to everyone on the ground when it landed in South Africa in...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Gunmen ambushed and killed security personnel who were on patrol in communities in Nigeria 's Plateau state, according to the state...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration likes to promote its immigration enforcement agenda through numbers, with ambitious goals to deport 1 million...

As media organizations go, NewsGuard cuts a low public profile as it follows its mission of issuing credibility ratings about news outlets. The Trump...

WASHINGTON (AP) - John Wrory Ficklin was 7 when he learned that his father, the son of a slave, was important. It was 1963, and the nation was mourning...

Declan Kearney said Labour party´s `austerity´ approach to Northern Ireland was also having an effect on its people.

The deputy First Minister will lead the mission for Northern Ireland in the US capital this week in First Minister Michelle O´Neill´s absence.

The 82-mile St Patrick´s Way: The Pilgrim Walk has attracted visitors from across the world.

He was taken to hospital and remains in a critical condition as of Sunday morning, police said.

The man aged in his 20s, the driver of the car, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The First Minister has called on the UK Government to provide support following energy price rises because of the war in Iran.

Eoin Tennyson said he believed the balance was `still marginally in favour´ of Alliance remaining as part of the Executive.

Taoiseach Micheal Martin has hailed long-standing connections between Ireland and the United States during his visit.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in comments released Sunday that he was ready for the next round of trilateral peace talks...

Simon Harris believes that children under the age of 16 should not be on social media.

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his main political opponent, Péter Magyar, each called their supporters to the streets of...

Ministers have faced calls from their political rivals to U-turn on the planned 1p tax hike in light of the oil price spikes caused by the war.

CAIRO (AP) - Yemen´s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have so far remained on the sidelines as the Iran war widens across the Middle East, raising questions about...

BEIJING (AP) - Representatives from Beijing and Washington began their economic and trade talks in Paris on Sunday, Chinese official news agency Xinhua...

The heir to the throne says he remembers his late mother `today and every day´.

An emotional Kimi Antonelli won a grand prix for the first time on Sunday in China ahead of Mercedes teammate George Russell and Lewis Hamilton, who made his...

It is expected the Bank of England will keep borrowing costs unchanged at 3.75% in March.

Dowman first made Viktor Gyokeres´ 89th-minute breakthrough then scored himself.

HONG KONG (AP) - Taiwan saw a surge of Chinese military planes near the island, its defense ministry said Sunday, after a sharp drop in flights over the past...

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Israeli soldiers fired on a car carrying a family in the northern West Bank, killing four people including two children, the...

CAIRO (AP) - At least four Palestinians, including a boy and his pregnant mother, were killed Sunday by an Israeli airstrike in the war-torn Gaza Strip,...

PARIS (AP) - Voters are going to the polls Sunday in the first round of municipal elections to choose leadership teams across France, from small villages to...

BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) - The Republic of Congo is voting to elect a new leader Sunday as incumbent President Dennis Sassou N´Guesso runs for a...

Kazakhs head to the polls Sunday to vote in a referendum on a new constitution that would strengthen President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev´s grip on power in...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - Teyana Taylor, Mick Jagger, Kristen Stewart and Wagner Moura were just a few of the stars mingling on the patio of the storied...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - A passenger bus carrying Indian pilgrims slipped off a mountain road and rolled down its slopes in central Nepal, killing seven...

Clouds of toxic smoke unleashed into the atmosphere by U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iranian oil facilities made a dangerous return to Earth in the form of...

The Lib Dem leader will call for a `genuinely, verifiably´ independent nuclear deterrent to replace Trident, as Donald Trump is not a dependable ally.

Congo-Brazzaville holds elections Sunday in a vote expected to extend 82-year-old President Denis Sassou Nguesso's more than four decades in power in the...

SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica (AP) - Growing up in Trinidad and Tobago, Carlon Augustus remembers reading the newspapers his grandparents bought daily. Now 32, he...

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Voters in Vietnam cast their ballots to select a new National Assembly on Sunday, two months after the ruling Communist Party reelected...

CAIRO (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he hoped allies would send warships to secure the vital Strait of Hormuz while Iran urged people to evacuate...

US President Donald Trump called for other nations' warships to help protect world oil supplies passing through the Strait of Hormuz, still virtually blocked...

U.S. President Donald Trump said he hoped allies would send warships to secure the vital Strait of Hormuz, while Iran urged people to evacuate three ports in...

BOSTON (AP) - Thousands of people were expected to line the streets of South Boston on Sunday for the city´s annual St. Patrick´s Day parade, one of the...

Tehran claims the US attacked it from the UAE as Iran war enters its third weekDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran urged people Saturday to evacuate the...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Dodging glass-walled skyscrapers, a drone joined a high-octane chase as a spy tried to evade the agents in pursuit. In moments, the...

NEW YORK (AP) - Hollywood will convene Sunday night for a nail-biter Academy Awards that´s steering toward a coronation for either Paul Thomas Anderson or...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - In the two weeks since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran, President Donald Trump increasingly has been knocked on his...

From the jet fuel used in bombing raids to acrid smoke from burning oil depots, the conflict in the Middle East is inflicting a significant toll on nature...

Many of the races are still wide open.

When Israeli settlers attacked their West Bank village of Abu Falah, Milia Hamayel told her son not to try to fight them off, but the 30-year-old went to...

Dubai is scrambling to preserve its image as a safe haven despite Iran's onslaught, with influencers rallying behind the government's message as authorities...

Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey called NCAA language covering tampering rules "archaic," but stopped short of urging the oversight body to...

Here are the nominees in key categories for the 98th Academy Awards, to be handed out in Hollywood on Sunday.Vampire period horror film "Sinners" shattered...

After months of expensive campaigns, the Oscars finally arrive Sunday, with all eyes on the race between "One Battle After Another" and "Sinners" for best...

US Federal Reserve policymakers are expected to leave interest rates unchanged at their meeting next week, as the US-Israel war on Iran sends shock waves...

AI-created videos circulating on Elon Musk's X depict American soldiers captured by Iran, an Israeli city in ruins, and US embassies ablaze -- a surge of...

As more businesses trust artificial intelligence "agents" to independently grow their revenues, some insurance firms are stepping in to cover any mistakes --...

Data centers were supposed to be a gift. In cities across the United States, more and more mayors are treating them like a problem.With the midterm election...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, accompanied by his teenage daughter, observed a live-fire test of multiple rocket launch systems,...

Polling stations opened in Vietnam, AFP journalists saw Sunday, as voters began casting their ballots for members of the National Assembly of the one-party...

___Mirassol FC SP 2, Santos 2Atletico Mineiro 1, Internacional 0Atletico Paranaense vs. Botafogo, 6 p.m. ppdEC Bahia BA 1, Vitoria 1Flamengo 2, Cruzeiro...

BRASILIA, BRAZIL (AP) - Results from Brazilian football:Mirassol FC SP 2, Santos 2Atletico Mineiro 1, Internacional 0Atletico Paranaense vs. Botafogo, 6 p.m....

The Action to Protect Rural Scotland is demanding more scrutiny of such claims.

More than 12,500 people waited in excess of 24 hours, according to a freedom of information request.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The "Bridesmaids" gathered for a rehearsal the day before the big show, but this time they're playing the role of awards presenter....

___Brentford vs. Wolverhampton, 11 a.m. ppdBurnley 0, Bournemouth 0Sunderland 0, Brighton 1Arsenal 2, Everton 0Chelsea 0, Newcastle 1West Ham 1, Man City...

Donald Trump on Saturday urged the UK and other nations to send naval vessels to help secure the Strait of Hormuz.

Alford, 54, was jailed for eight-and-a-half years in January.

North Korea conducted a test of its "state of the art", nuclear-capable multiple rocket launcher system (MRLS), state media reported Sunday, a day after...

ROME (AP) - Thousands of people protested Saturday against wars in the Middle East and judicial reforms proposed by Italy´s conservative government - linking...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Rwanda will withdraw its counterinsurgency troops from Mozambique if the mission´s foreign backers don't maintain "sustainable...

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright directed a Texas-based oil and gas company Friday to restore operations in waters off southern...

Vietnam goes to the polls on Sunday to elect members of the National Assembly, the country's top legislative body that serves mainly to ratify decisions by...

Karlie Sone, 28, from Ipswich, was declared dead on Tuesday morning.

A pilot from Alabama had just been promoted to major in January and had been deployed less than a week when the refueling aircraft he was aboard crashed in...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Dubai's usually crowded markets, beaches and waterfront promenades are unusually quiet during what is typically the city´s...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey´s powerful foreign minister said Saturday that there is no serious initiative to resume negotiations between the United States...

Fifteen activists from Take Back Power were arrested earlier this month on suspicion of planning a mass shoplifting campaign.

NEW YORK (AP) - Federal authorities in New York have arrested and charged a lobbyist - one who had worked on behalf of an ex-nursing home operator pardoned...

Iran's envoy to Ukraine, Shahriar Amouzegar, dismissed the support Kyiv has offered to the United States and its Gulf allies, after Ukraine advertised its...

Dopey? Creepy? Unnecessary? Bizarre remakes of "Snow White" and "War of the Worlds" have topped the Razzies, the anti-Hollywood awards show that annually...

Micheal Martin viewed the Irish Memorial in Philadelphia dedicated to those who died or emigrated to the United States.

"Hoodlums," muttered 80-year-old village chief Joseph Batangouna as he walked past a group of young people sitting by the side of road in Mayitoukou,...

LONDON (AP) - Results from English football:Brentford vs. Wolverhampton, 11 a.m. ppdBurnley 0, Bournemouth 0Sunderland 0, Brighton 1Arsenal vs. Everton, 1:30...

Saturday Summaries from English football (home teams listed first):Halftime: 0-0.Brighton: Yankuba Minteh (58).Halftime: 0-0.Coventry: Victor Torp...

ATHENS, GREECE (AP) - Results from Greek football:Aris Thessaloniki 0, Atromitos Athinon 0AEK Athens 1, AE Larissa FC 0Asteras Tripolis 0, Panserraikos FC...

___Aris Thessaloniki 0, Atromitos Athinon 0AEK Athens 1, AE Larissa FC 0Asteras Tripolis 0, Panserraikos FC 1Volos NPS 1, OFI Crete 1APO Levadiakos FC 1,...

The First Minister told the SNP conference Scotland can be a `voice for peace´.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - The U.S. flag was raised Saturday over its embassy in Venezuela for the first time since 2019, a move that highlighted the recent...

The SNP leader also promised help for those seeking to buy their first home if his party wins the Scottish Parliament election in May.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) - Trinidad and Tobago's government has received House of Representatives approval to extend a state of emergency for three...

The Scottish Government is working with the local council to finalise the scheme.

Turkey's top diplomat said Saturday that Iran was denying responsiblity for firing ballistic missiles towards Turkey despite evidence from technical data....

WASHINGTON (AP) - The massive sewage pipe that ruptured and leaked millions of gallons of raw waste into the Potomac River returned to operation Saturday...

The 43-year-old was arrested at the scene in Westminster, central London.

Motorhead guitarist Phil Campbell has died aged 64.

SAO PAULO (AP) - Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro 's kidney function worsened at the intensive care unit to which he was transferred hours earlier,...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of people were left without power Saturday after high winds raked eastward from the Great Lakes region, leaving...

ROME (AP) - Pope Leo XIV moved into the newly renovated papal apartment in the Apostolic Palace on Saturday, taking up residence in the flat that was...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge ruled on Saturday that a Democratic lawmaker is entitled to participate at a board meeting for discussing President Donald...

Micheal Martin has said high energy costs are still being kept `under active review´ by his government.

US President Donald Trump on Saturday urged other nations to send ships to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, the critical chokepoint for global oil supplies...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department has moved to dismiss charges against an Army veteran who set fire to an American flag near the White House last year...

The incident occurred while the aircraft was assisting Glencoe mountain rescue team in the Glen Etive area of the Highlands.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema acknowledges having a romantic relationship with a member of her security detail that began while she...

Tehran is blockading the narrow sea passage out of the Persian Gulf.

Construction is finished on a major Massachusetts offshore wind farm, the first project to reach this stage during President Donald Trump's time in...

EIS general secretary Andrea Bradley stressed the importance of `protecting investment in education by ringfencing it´.

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine, who has been in hiding since a January presidential election he alleged was stolen, announced Saturday that he has left...

The Chief Constable can extend sick pay to those who are not entitled to it.

Carrick has led United to six wins out of eight since replacing Ruben Amorim in January.

HAVANA (AP) - A group of residents of a city in central Cuba took to the streets early Saturday and partially destroyed the local headquarters of the ruling...

BERLIN (AP) - Jürgen Habermas, whose work on communication, rationality and sociology made him one of the world´s most influential philosophers and a key...

The Alliance Party leader reflected on 25 years since she was first elected as well as criticising US President Donald Trump.

Israel kept up strikes on Lebanon on Saturday as Beirut said 26 paramedics had been killed since the latest war erupted between Israel and Iran-backed...

Kharg Island, targeted in US air strikes on Saturday, is a scrubby stretch of land in the Gulf that handles almost all of Iran's crude exports.Announcing the...

BEIJING (AP) - Air China will resume flights flying between Beijing and North Korea from March 30, the airline's website said Saturday, after passenger train...

KAPIKOY BORDER CROSSING, Turkey (AP) - After bombs exploded near her home in the eastern Iranian city of Golestan, hairdresser Merve Pourkaz decided to...

BERLIN (AP) - Prominent Belarus opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova on Saturday picked up a prize for contributions to European unity that she was unable to...

NUEVA LOJA, Ecuador (AP) - Standing beside a stream stained dark with oil in Ecuador´s northern Amazon, an Indigenous woman shook her head in disbelief as...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration this week stepped up its ambitious effort to replace about $1.6 trillion in lost tariff revenue that was...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Joshua Bogdan was born and raised in the United States. The only time the New Hampshire resident has left the country was for a day and...

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Authorities were searching for a man who shot and killed two people in a drug store parking lot near the TPC Sawgrass, leading...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine said on Saturday he fled the country to escape a military search for him in the aftermath of a...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) - A Greek-flagged oil tanker was damaged in a suspected drone attack in the Black Sea while approaching the Russian port of Novorossiysk,...

ATLANTA (AP) - Burt Jones seemed like the inevitable Republican nominee for governor in Georgia.He is the current lieutenant governor, he has lots of family...

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn made the claim as he addressed the party´s campaign conference in Edinburgh.

Hezbollah suffered heavy losses in a war with Israel more than a year ago, but the Shia movement has now regrouped only to end up fighting what it has called...

Taoiseach Micheal Martin will also meet Irish athletes studying in the city as well as visiting the famous Rocky steps.

India on Saturday ended the preventive detention of prominent Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk, freeing him six months after he was held over protests in the...

ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan´s president on Saturday warned neighboring Afghanistan´s Taliban government that it had " crossed a red line " by launching drone...

The collision occurred on the B7024 Alloway to Maybole road in South Ayrshire on Friday evening.

AMSTERDAM (AP) - Dutch authorities were hunting Saturday for a person who was filmed setting off an explosion outside a Jewish school in Amsterdam. The mayor...

The Bishop of Chelmsford, the Rt Rev Guli Francis-Dehqani, warned the Iranian regime `should not be underestimated´.

Explosions rocked cities across the Middle East on Saturday as the US embassy in Baghdad was hit by a drone strike and Tehran warned Emiratis to stay away...

He was a minister under Sir Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, and was MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth between 1997 and 2010.

The man, who was a pedestrian aged in his 80s, was pronounced dead on Friday evening.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A combined missile and drone attack on the Kyiv region killed at least four people and wounded at least 15 overnight into Saturday,...

North Korea fired about 10 ballistic missiles toward the sea of Japan Saturday, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, days after Pyongyang warned of...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A turf war over a football team is developing between two Midwestern states with a sometimes-discordant history. The storied Chicago...

TOKYO (AP) - Results from Japanese football:JEF United Chiba 2, Kashiwa Reysol 1FC Tokyo 3, Yokohama F. Marinos 0Machida Zelvia vs. Kawasaki Frontale, 12...

___JEF United Chiba 2, Kashiwa Reysol 1FC Tokyo 3, Yokohama F. Marinos 0Machida Zelvia vs. Kawasaki Frontale, 12 a.m. ppdCerezo Osaka 0, Shimizu S-Pulse 0,...

BEIRUT (AP) - Fatima Nazha slept on the street for two days after she and her family fled their home in Beirut's southern suburbs following an Israeli mass...

LONDON (AP) - Chef Gordon Ramsay yells at people. His mentor was known for throwing pans and plates. That chef, London's Marco Pierre White, titled his own...

Iran threatened Saturday to reduce US-linked oil facilities to "a pile of ashes" as the two-week-old Middle East war spilled over into a global oil price...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea´s military said Saturday it detected North Korea firing at least one projectile toward its eastern sea.South Korea´s...

President Donald Trump said U.S. forces on Friday "obliterated" targets on Iran´s Kharg Island, which is home to the primary terminal that handles the...

Reece and Lauren James before signed new long-term contracts with Chelsea on Friday.

US eases some Russian oil sanctions but crude prices stay highThe U.S. is temporarily easing some sanctions on Russian oil shipments, reflecting global...

Jet fuel prices are rising as the war in the Middle East disrupts global oil supplies, putting cost pressure on airlines as the busy summer travel season...

The Michigan synagogue that came under attack this week when an armed man drove his car into the building had for months been strengthening its security...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Math nerds and dessert enthusiasts unite to celebrate Pi Day every March 14, the date that represents the first three digits of the...

Communities were left reeling from attacks that unfolded less than two hours apart at a Michigan synagogue and Virginia university, violence that officials...

BAGHDAD (AP) - A missile struck a helipad inside the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad, two Iraqi security officials said.Associated Press footage showed a...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Anti-Muslim rhetoric from some Republicans in Congress intensified this week against the backdrop of the Iran war, with multiple lawmakers...

Threatened by volleys of Hezbollah rockets and missiles from Iran, residents of Arab towns in northern Israel are complaining about a lack of public...

Jessie Buckley, star of Hamnet, looks likely to make history for her home nation of Ireland.

An offshore wind project targeted by the Trump administration has begun sending power to New England´s electric grid, the developer said Friday.The Danish...

Iran's leaders are seeking to show the staying power of their near half-century old clerical-based system and prove that it can withstand the killing of its...

US-Israeli strikes killed Iran's leader but have not toppled the government, which now, from its perch on the Strait of Hormuz, has put the entire world...

BOSTON (AP) - A U.S. court ruling in Massachusetts Friday temporarily paused the looming termination of Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from...

Just over two weeks before President Donald Trump is due to meet his counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing, Chinese uncertainty over the US leader's goals and...

Republican leaders in the US Congress are facing mounting pressure to respond to anti-Muslim rhetoric after a series of inflammatory remarks and policy...

___Lanus 0, Boca Juniors 3CA Platense vs. Estudiantes, 3 p.m. ppdGimnasia y Esgrima Mendoza vs. Defensa y Justicia, 4:30 p.m. ppdCA Barracas Central vs....

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (AP) - Results from Argentine football:Lanus 0, Boca Juniors 3CA Platense vs. Estudiantes, 3 p.m. ppdGimnasia y Esgrima Mendoza vs....

NONTHABURI, Thailand (AP) - Thailand's "Death Fest" invites people to confront mortality while also offering practical services and spiritual advice for the...

Legendary movie director Steven Spielberg on Friday defended enjoying the arts as a shared live experience, appearing to take aim at Oscar nominee Timothee...

Jurors will return to court in Los Angeles Monday to resume deliberations in a landmark social media addiction trial accusing Meta and YouTube of trying to...

The six shortlisted artists have been unveiled and the public ballot is open.

A poll found 65% of Scots believe Britain should resist the US president´s drive and focus on renewables instead.

The party said its manifesto will commit to banning the practice.

The party will announce its slate of candidates for the Scottish Parliament elections next week.

The Scottish Labour leader was speaking ahead of the SNP´s conference on Saturday.

The First Minister will tell an SNP conference that Westminster´s economic model is `totally broken´.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Four airports serving Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Richmond, Virginia, halted all flights on Friday evening for over an hour because of...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will `take the necessary decisions to help families with the cost of living and protect the public finances´.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House wants to build an underground center to provide security screening for visitors, the latest step in the Trump...

Conductor Juanjo Mena, the former principal conductor of the Cincinnati May Festival, said he will retire this year because of Alzheimer's disease.Mena...

___Celta Vigo 1, Madrid 2Osasuna 2, Mallorca 2Levante 1, Girona 1Atletico 3, Sociedad 2Athletic Bilbao 0, Barcelona 1Villarreal 2, Elche 1Getafe 2, Betis...

MADRID (AP) - Results from Spanish football:Celta Vigo 1, Madrid 2Osasuna 2, Mallorca 2Levante 1, Girona 1Atletico 3, Sociedad 2Athletic Bilbao 0, Barcelona...

The 26-year-oldhas agreed an extension that will keep him at Stamford Bridge until 2032.

ROME (AP) - Results from Italian football:Napoli 2, Turin 1Cagliari 1, Como 2Atalanta 2, Udinese 2Juventus 4, Pisa 0Lecce 2, Cremonese 1Bologna 1, Verona...

___Napoli 2, Turin 1Cagliari 1, Como 2Atalanta 2, Udinese 2Juventus 4, Pisa 0Lecce 2, Cremonese 1Bologna 1, Verona 2Fiorentina 0, Parma 0Genoa 2, Roma 1AC...

PARIS (AP) - Results from French football:PSG 1, Monaco 3Nantes 0, Angers 1Auxerre 0, Strasbourg 0Toulouse 0, Marseille 1Lens 3, Metz 0Brest 2, Le Havre...

___PSG 1, Monaco 3Nantes 0, Angers 1Auxerre 0, Strasbourg 0Toulouse 0, Marseille 1Lens 3, Metz 0Brest 2, Le Havre 0Nice 0, Rennes 4Lille 1, Lorient 1Lyon 1,...

MOUNT HOOD NATIONAL FOREST, Oregon (AP) - An Oregon Army National Guard helicopter safely hoisted an injured logger from a remote national forest after...

Reynolds and co-owner Rob Mac presented Live From Wrexham with Rob & Ryan during the club´s match against Swansea.

The woman, in her 30s, was found at a house in Ballincollig on Friday evening.

BERLIN (AP) - Results from German football:Bayern 4, Monchengladbach 1Freiburg 3, Leverkusen 3Mainz 2, Stuttgart 2RB Leipzig 2, Augsburg 1Wolfsburg 1,...

A total of 18 people were arrested in Bromley on Thursday morning.

AMSTERDAM (AP) - Results from Dutch football:Heracles Almelo 0, FC Utrecht 0FC Groningen 3, Ajax 1PSV Eindhoven 2, AZ Alkmaar 1Excelsior 1, SC Heerenveen...

___Heracles Almelo 0, FC Utrecht 0FC Groningen 3, Ajax 1PSV Eindhoven 2, AZ Alkmaar 1Excelsior 1, SC Heerenveen 2Sparta 1, FC Zwolle 1Go Ahead Eagles 1, FC...

The Pentagon's engagement with the media during the Iran war has been heavy on rhetoric, short on operational detail and characterized by an adversarial...

US President Donald Trump announced Friday the replacement of the head of the Kennedy Center, the storied Washington arts venue he renamed after himself then...

DALLAS (AP) - A federal jury on Friday convicted eight people on terrorism charges over a shooting at a Texas immigration facility that federal prosecutors...

GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) - A Georgia prosecutor has dropped the charges against a teenager who police say was driving the truck that struck and killed a beloved...

WASHINGTON (AP) - In New York City, two men who federal authorities say were inspired by the Islamic State brought powerful homemade bombs to a protest...

NEW YORK (AP) - More than 30 states will resume their antitrust trial against Live Nation and Ticketmaster on Monday in a New York federal court after...

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said on Friday his group was ready for a long confrontation with Israel, as the latter threatened to make Lebanon pay an...

A US federal judge has quashed subpoenas issued to the Federal Reserve as part of an investigation that Fed chair Jerome Powell has called an attempt by the...

NEW YORK (AP) - As the U.S. and Israel's war against Iran continues to upend energy markets and supply chains worldwide, the Trump administration says it...

A vehicle-ramming attack at a synagogue near Detroit has rattled a Jewish community already on edge over antisemitism in the United States.For Tamar Cohen,...

A first extract from Tom Bower´s forthcoming book also appears to suggest Harry was `shocked´ by the downfall of Andrew-Mountbatten Windsor.

Wall Street´s losses deepened as the ongoing fallout from the war in Iran keeps pushing oil prices higher, ratcheting up inflationary pressure on the global...

ATLANTA (AP) - State senators on Friday grilled the former special prosecutor who led the Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California election officials said Friday that they are investigating whether signature collectors in San Francisco illegally...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Richard Grenell, the longtime Republican foreign policy adviser who oversaw far reaching changes at the Kennedy Center that prompted many...

ROME (AP) - The inclusion of Russia in the line-up of the 2026 Venice Biennale art fair has sparked international outcry, with the European Commission...

VILLA DEL ROSARIO, Colombia (AP) - Javier Giraldo arrived Friday at an international bridge linking Colombia and Venezuela hoping to display a sign...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The State Department has slashed by about 80% the fee for Americans to formally renounce their U.S. citizenship.After years of legal...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Friday to weaken air pollution limits on a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment, a...

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday banned a US diplomat who wanted to visit jailed former far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro amid fears of...

Thousands of supporters dressed in presidential colours lined a street in Congo-Brazzaville's capital on Friday for Denis Sassou Nguesso's final campaign...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Friday quashed Justice Department subpoenas issued to the Federal Reserve in January, a severe blow to an investigation...

GOMA, Congo (AP) - Congo´s government and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels on Friday accused each other of violating terms of a ceasefire deal aimed at ending...

MSPs voted on nearly 200 amendments this week ahead of a final vote on Tuesday.

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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Hollywood actors might rule the silver screen - as Sunday´s Academy Awards are poised to prove - but Brazil´s path to stardom often...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A Wisconsin legislator has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct in connection with a bitter feud with her caucus...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Friday signed a pair of executive orders aimed at showing his commitment to improving home affordability - a key...

MOSCOW (AP) - Many foreign websites were blocked Friday on mobile phones in central Moscow under restrictions that have gripped the Russian capital for more...

A 2024 evaluation asked heat pump grant recipients about their incomes.

NEW YORK (AP) - As the U.S. flu season winds down, health officials say the flu vaccine didn't work very well, with one of its worst effectiveness rates in...

SNP members will meet for the last time ahead of the election on Saturday.

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the family of an Alabama man who died after police shocked him with a Taser multiple...

The U.S. is temporarily easing some sanctions on Russian oil shipments, reflecting global concerns over sharply higher crude prices due to supply shortages...

The war in the Middle East has largely paralysed the Gulf region's crucial oil industry, which has been hit by attacks and an export blockade.The war has...

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Thousands of supporters dressed in presidential colours lined a main street in Congo-Brazzaville's capital on Friday for Denis Sassou Nguesso's final...

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was hospitalized in intensive care Friday after developing bronchopneumonia at the prison where the far-right...

KINGSTON, N.Y. (AP) - A former New York state trooper accused of ramming his vehicle into an SUV during a high-speed chase leading to the death of an...

Ms McNally, 32, was 15 weeks pregnant when she was killed at her home in Lurgan on December 18 2022.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is terminating the contractor running its largest detention facility and replacing it with a more experienced firm...

SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Friday his government revoked the visa of a U.S. State Department official, calling it...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Ethiopia on Tuesday declared three days of mourning as the death toll from this week's landslides in the country's south climbed...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband called in forecourt operators in response to the Middle East crisis.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Brazil´s former President Jair Bolsonaro has pneumonia and is receiving treatment in an intensive care unit, a hospital in the capital,...

The Pentagon and White House slammed CNN over its Iran war coverage Friday -- with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth saying he looked forward to an ally of...

The US-Israeli air strikes that on February 28 killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei not only resulted in the death of Iran's longstanding supreme leader but also...

Iran's latest internet blackout has lasted more than 14 days, connectivity monitor Netblocks said Friday.The nature of the limits on internet activity shows...

The Dunblane Centre has also put up a display of some of the tributes sent in after the incident, including cards, letters and blankets.

Simon Harris said his department is preparing an analysis of the potential impact on the Irish economy.

Survivors living in the UK will not have social welfare payments influenced by payouts received under an Irish redress scheme.

President Donald Trump said in an interview aired Friday that American forces would strike Iranian targets "very hard" in the coming days, signaling an...

A fire broke out in a building near the station on Sunday.

Senegal's government said on Friday it would take back all the assets of ICS -- one of Africa's biggest phosphate fertiliser producers -- ending the licence...

A new defence agreement between the UK and Ireland could see British ships `responding to an issue´ in Irish waters, according to Dublin.

The Petrol Retailers Association had threatened to pull out of a meeting with Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband.

The mother and her three-year-old travelled through six countries to get to Blair Drummond Safari Park.

Councils will receive £40 million to help them prepare to cut the amount of time teachers spend in classes by 90 minutes a week.

Micheal Martin said he thought it was a generational opportunity to get the Legacy issue over the line.

Juan Joseph is accused of breaching the Official Secrets and National Security Acts by repeatedly leaking information to a foreign power.

Jason Plotkin was on a Zoom call in a synagogue on the outskirts of Detroit when he heard the crashing sound of a pickup truck ramming into the building.The...

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Lord Stevens told the House of Lords he does not believe assisted dying should be within the remit of the health service.

Notorious narco trafficker, Sebastian Marset, who eluded police across Latin America for years and was on the US most-wanted list, was arrested Friday in...

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel confirmed on Friday that his government had held talks with the United States, which has made no secret of its desire for...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - France returned a sacred talking drum looted during the colonial period to Ivory Coast on Friday as part of a nearly decade-old...

European countries ought to have discussions on whether private actors should help defend critical infrastructure, a researcher told AFP, noting that Iran's...

COLOGNE, Germany (AP) - A mirror room dappled with colored dots. Contorted, bright sculptures of flowers on a rooftop at the foot of Cologne´s famed...

The murder trial also heard that Stephen McCullagh made a 39-minute audio recording in Natalie´s parents´ home just weeks after her death.

Ivory Coast on Friday commemorated the 19 victims of a jihadist attack on a popular beach resort a decade ago.Three attackers wielding assault rifles stormed...

For thousands of workers in Dubai's tourism sector, the Middle East war has brought business to a standstill -- leaving their income suddenly at risk.At the...

The Petrol Retailers Association has withdrawn from the meeting with Chancellor Rachel Reeves over `inflammatory language´ concerns.

The 26-year-old had two years to run on his previous deal.

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. job openings rose to nearly 7 million in January, better than expected at a time when the American labor market has looked...

It is believed to be the first unearthed picture of the two men with the paedophile.

US airport security officers missed their first full paycheck Friday as a partial funding shutdown of the government approached the one-month mark, with no...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ryan Coogler understands what Sunday night could mean for Oscar history. He´s just not dwelling on it.Instead, the Oscar-nominated...

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - The shooter who opened fire in a classroom at Virginia´s Old Dominion University on Thursday in an attack being investigated as an act of...

The Taoiseach expects to `discuss global matters´ including the Middle East when he meets US president for St Patrick´s Day.

PARIS (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that the U.S. 30-day waiver on Russian oil sanctions amid the Iran war is "not the right...

STOCKHOLM (AP) - Swedish authorities are investigating a tanker that was allegedly sailing under a false flag in the Baltic Sea.The Swedish Coast Guard...

Bodies representing both professions said their opposition comes following the removal of a section of the Bill with employment protections.

President Donald Trump said Friday he feels honored to be killing Iran's leadership, calling them "deranged scumbags.""They've been killing innocent people...

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) - Iraq is getting caught in the crossfire of the Iran war as the only country facing strikes from both sides, and that threatens to drag the...

No 10 said the decision ultimately lay with the US but that Britain remained committed to bringing `maximum´ financial strain on Moscow.

The US economy grew at a significantly slower pace than initially estimated for the final months of 2025, government data showed Friday, a major downgrade...

LONDON (AP) - Over six decades of "Doctor Who," the intergalactic adventurer´s adversaries have included evil robots, rampaging Yeti - and the BBC, which...

LONDON (AP) - Former Arsenal player Thomas Partey intends to plead not guilty to two new charges of rape, his lawyer told a London court on Friday.The...

ABBEVILLE, La. (AP) - Jacob Sagrera unrolls an alligator skin and lays it flat on a metal table, brushing off flecks of salt. He holds it up to the light,...

Irish premier Micheal Martin said increased co-ordination between the two countries would help to guarantee economic security.

It was sold as part of The Jim Irsay Collection: Hall of Fame on Thursday at Christie´s in New York.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - As a staff photojournalist for The Associated Press based in Los Angeles, Chris Pizzello covers hundreds of entertainment events a year -...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. economy, hobbled by last fall´s 43-day government shutdown, advanced at a sluggish 0.7% annual rate from October through December,...

WASHINGTON (AP) - An inflation gauge closely monitored by the Federal Reserve moved higher in January in the latest sign that prices were persistently...

The blaze broke out on Sunday afternoon.

CAIRO (AP) - An engineer crouches under a park bench as fighter jets roar overhead. An athlete wracked by anxiety can't sleep as explosions go off. With the...

The Djidji Ayokwe "talking drum", which was looted by French colonial troops in 1916 and taken to France, arrived back in Ivory Coast Friday, in the latest...

HAVANA (AP) - Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said Friday that his government has held recent talks with the U.S., marking the first time the Caribbean...

The high cost of fuel and energy is expected to dominate discussions which will focus on energy links between Britain and Ireland.

BEIJING (AP) - Over the years, a regular Chinese campaign of sending warplanes flying toward Taiwan - the self-governing island it claims as its territory -...

KLEINFELTERSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - Birdwatchers gather before dawn at Middle Creek in Pennsylvania to witness thousands of migrating snow geese lifting off from...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk promised Friday to find ways to tap into 44 billion euros in defense loans from the European Union,...

Abdul Malick sat among mourning relatives in his village in southern Pakistan, receiving condolences from neighbours after his nephew, Muzaffar Ali, was...

KLEINFELTERSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - A few dozen birdwatchers gathered in the predawn darkness to wait for the moment when thousands of migrating snow geese stopped...

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) - One grew up in rural Haiti amid the poverty and violence of his beautiful but troubled Caribbean nation. The other grew up in...

VIENNA (AP) - All but two of Austria´s 96 glaciers have retreated over the last two years, monitors in the Alpine country reported Friday, saying the...

Yvonne Dunlop was 27 years old when she was killed by a provisional IRA bomb in the shop where she worked in Ballymena in 1976.

"I am worried," a sailor stuck in the Gulf told AFP on Friday, his vessel unable to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, blocked for nearly two weeks after...

Iran says no one can exclude it from the World Cup later this year, in response to President Donald Trump's warning that their "life and safety" would be at...

SIEM REAP, Cambodia (AP) - Cambodia said Friday it has drafted its first law targeting online scam centers, after vowing to shut them down by the end of...

Staff working at Holyrood revealed their experiences in a survey conducted in January this year.

Transport for London´s Vision Zero action plan says there is a `pressing need for targeted safety interventions´.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A fire erupted at the entrance to a synagogue in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam early Friday morning and police said they...

BANGKOK (AP) - Myanmar´s military has commissioned new combat aircraft to boost its air capacities, state media reported Friday, as the army steps up efforts...

Turkey's defence ministry on Friday said a ballistic missile from Iran had been shot down in Turkish airspace by NATO forces in the third such incident of...

Here are the latest events in the Middle East war on Friday:- US crew killed -Four US crew members died when a KC-135 aerial refuelling aircraft crashed in...

Teachers will be able to access the accredited financial education training on Nationwide´s `money lessons´ webpage alongside ready-to-use materials.

Washington is temporarily allowing `permit countries´ to purchase Russian oil already in transit.

Scott McFadden, 38, was pronounced dead at the scene in Port Glasgow, Inverclyde.

Experts warned a prolonged Middle East conflict and an ongoing spike in oil prices could send the economy into reverse in 2026.

Sri Lanka is repatriating on Friday the remains of 84 Iranian sailors who perished when their frigate was sunk nine days ago by a US submarine, the Foreign...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is scrambling to replace the revenue the federal government lost when the Supreme Court struck down his biggest and...

The ticket resale platform is hoping to gain traction with its `open distribution´ model it believes will benefit fans and event organisers alike.

Alex Baldock said the pressures on supply for chips caused by the rapid growth of the AI sector could result in price inflation.

Iran´s new supreme leader has vowed to continue blocking the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for ongoing US-Israeli strikes.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South African soldiers deployed to high-crime areas have dismantled illegal gold mining operations in a community near Johannesburg,...

China's top economic official will leave on Saturday for talks with his US counterpart in France, less than three weeks before President Donald Trump's...

Afghan authorities said on Friday that Pakistan had carried out airstrikes on Kabul and border provinces, killing four people in the capital, in the latest...

The Office for National Statistics said there was zero growth in gross domestic product in January.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The U.S. military says a KC-135 refueling aircraft supporting operations against Iran crashed in western Iraq and rescue operations...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - A Sydney business consultant was convicted Friday of breaking Australia´s foreign interference laws by providing reports to two...

Sri Lankan anti-graft officials said Friday they had arrested the former head of the national airline on charges of conspiring to accept bribes from Airbus...

From the rusty tape reels stacked from floor to ceiling in the long-forgotten archives of Congo-Brazzaville's national television company unspools a...

China's top economic official will leave on Saturday for talks with his US counterpart in France, Beijing said, less than three weeks before President Donald...

Pointing at a calf lying motionless in a green field in South Africa's Eastern Cape province, farmer Igsahn Felix let out a heavy sigh. "That one is not...

Heels click on cracked paving stones as fantastically long-limbed men and women practice moves they hope will whisk them away from South Sudan, one of the...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran launched multiple attacks early Friday on Gulf Arab states, including dozens of drones at Saudi Arabia, following...

Nepal's rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah is set to become the next prime minister after his centrist Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) won a commanding...

BERLIN (AP) - Ali Darwich, a gay Muslim influencer in Berlin, picks up a date from his plate, takes a sip of water, and addresses the 15 friends sitting...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan´s Taliban government early Friday accused Pakistan´s military of targeting civilian homes in overnight airstrikes in...

When Kazane Kajiya voluntarily sterilised herself in the United States aged 27, she essentially "flipped the middle finger" at Japan's patriarchal society...

Thousands of Chinese fishing boats have been massing in geometric formations in the East China Sea, in coordinated actions that experts believe are part of...

PASEDENA, Calif. (AP) - Born in Mexican American and Chicano communities of the American Southwest, lowrider culture has grown from neighborhood boulevards...

Australia's energy minister warned on Friday against "dangerous" price gouging of petrol as he relaxed rules on how much fuel companies needed to hold in...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - From Mexican American and Chicano barrios in the American Southwest to the halls of the Smithsonian on the National Mall and even...

Nearly every part of the United States is getting walloped by wild weather or just about to be.Days of downpours have begun in Hawaii. The Southwest will...

WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) - Investigators worked Friday to determine the exact reason a man with a rifle crashed into a large Michigan synagogue in what...

In under a decade, Niger's western Tillaberi region has become the bloody frontline of a conflict pitting the country and its neighbours against jihadists...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The man accused of killing Charlie Kirk on a Utah college campus is due back in court Friday as a state judge weighs whether certain...

Court documents show less than two years after Mohamed Bailor Jalloh was released from prison for attempting to aid the Islamic State, he opened fire in a...

Iran's supreme leader resolves to keep fighting in his first public remarksDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran´s secretive new leader issued his first...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats have filed legislation that would prevent the U.S. from attacking Cuba without congressional approval as they seek to...

As American and Israeli strikes pound the Islamic Republic and Iran attacks Persian Gulf shipping and energy infrastructure with no sign of an end to the...

Building his cryptocurrency holdings over eight years and helping out defrauded traders, Singaporean investor Mark Koh had thought he was savvy enough to...

Meghan, 44, stopped by the hospital to meet patients in their rooms and take part in group art sessions.

PANAMA CITY (AP) - Panama Canal Administrator Ricaurte Vásquez said Thursday that the conflict in the Middle East and rising fuel costs could ultimately...

HONG KONG (AP) - Asia shares were mostly lower on Friday, tracking Wall Street losses, while oil prices hovered around $100 per barrel as anxiety remained...

MSPs are seeking to conclude debating more than 300 amendments lodged to the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A moderately strong earthquake struck central Turkey on Friday, Turkey´s emergency response said. The tremor sent some residents...

A French soldier was killed in an attack in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday, confirming the first French...

For Sahar Saidian, past and present collide every day on the airwaves as she hosts a Persian-language show on Israeli public radio for listeners in Israel...

US President Donald Trump is pressing Republicans to pass a sweeping overhaul of voting rules that critics say is less about election security than trying to...

HAVANA (AP) - Cuba´s government said Thursday night that it would release 51 people from the island´s jails in an unexpected move.The Ministry of Foreign...

A red fox that managed to slip onto a US-bound ship in Britain was discovered by customs officers in the Port of New York, a zoo in the city has said.The...

Staff at the NHS blood and transplant frozen blood bank in Liverpool said meeting Mina Stoddart-Stones was like `meeting royalty´.

The Business and Trade Committee said it had found `serious structural failings´ in the compensation process.

The Chancellor and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband will hold a meeting at Downing Street with petrol retailers and energy suppliers.

Committee calls for action on funding and protection for journalists as fears grow that viewer trust is being lost to Russia and China.

The Foreign Secretary arrived in the country on Thursday in a show of solidarity with Gulf states hit by Iran´s retaliation to US-Israeli strikes.

The Marine Conservation Society said items like cans and bottles were found on 95% of beaches surveyed across the country.

SNP members will gather in Edinburgh on Saturday for the party´s final conference before May´s election.

Thomas Hamilton killed 16 children and their teacher in his shooting rampage through the gym of Dunblane Primary School in 1996.

Rev Colin Renwick said the 16 children and their teacher who died `will never be forgotten´.

March 13 marks the 30th anniversary of the tragedy.

Ellie Crozier described the Dunblane community as `beautiful and resilient´.

The Scottish Secretary said the tragedy that unfolded 30 years ago `haunts many of us still to this day´.

Sir Andy became patron of the Dunblane Centre last year.

The First Minister was speaking 30 years on from the murder of 16 children and their teacher at Dunblane Primary School.

On March 13 1996, 16 pupils and their teacher were shot dead at Dunblane Primary School in what remains the deadliest mass shooting in UK history.

Total sales in Scotland last month were flat compared with February 2025 - a year-on-year decrease of 1.1% when adjusted for inflation.

TORONTO (AP) - The suspect vehicle in a shooting at the United States consulate in Toronto this week has been found and policeon Thursday said that it was...

Jury deliberations are set to begin Friday in a landmark social media addiction trial accusing Meta and YouTube of intentionally trying to hook young...

DOHA, Qatar (AP) - Al-Sadd coach Roberto Mancini has been unable to return to Qatar and will miss the team´s next game because of the war in the region, the...

YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories (AP) - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday his government will spend billions on forward operating locations...

Australia's Qantas Airways said on Friday it would pay out AU$105 million ($74 million) to settle a class action alleging it misled customers and failed to...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - The governments of Venezuela and Colombia on Thursday announced the cancellation of a highly anticipated meeting between their...

The Trump administration denounced CNN on Thursday for airing a portion of the new Iranian supreme leader's public statement, the second time in three days...

NEW YORK (AP) - If John Harbaugh were coaching a Pop Warner football team, fullback Patrick Ricard told him he'd want to be involved in some way, even if...

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - Guatemala´s newly selected Constitutional Court will have to work to regain the trust of Guatemalans disillusioned with a justice...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A record 280 political parties and counting had registered by Thursday´s deadline to participate in Haiti´s first general...

The £937 million in new investment from companies in Ireland is expected to create around 850 new jobs in the UK.

Police were called to Thorpe St Andrew School on Wednesday morning following reports that a teenage girl had been stabbed.

WASHINGTON (AP) - An American military refueling plane went down in Iraq and rescue efforts were underway, U.S. Central Command said Thursday.The KC-135...

ROME (AP) - One of the hottest tickets in the Vatican's backyard these days is for a four-lecture series on the Antichrist being given by Silicon Valley tech...

The Michigan synagogue that came under attack Thursday is part of Reform Judaism, the largest branch of the religion in North America, which emphasizes...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The Trump administration ramped up a battle with California over the state's nation-leading vehicle-emission standards Thursday,...

The Justice Minister insisted she could not make any further cuts to justice without causing `structural damage´.

The Alliance Party currently has two ministers in the Executive, Naomi Long and Andrew Muir.

The Opposition has written to standards watchdog Sir Laurie Magnus calling for him to look into a `potential cover-up´.

Ms Long also hit back at suggestions support for her party had peaked,

WASHINGTON (AP) - Under pressure from President Donald Trump, Senate Republicans plan to launch a "full and robust debate" next week on legislation to impose...

Charles walked through the exhibition, which took place in a marquee at Hampton Court Palace in Surrey, and spoke to innovators about their designs.

US President Donald Trump said Thursday the war against Iran was moving "very rapidly," even as Tehran's new leader vowed defiance in his first public...

NEW YORK (AP) - Incendiary internal messages in which a Live Nation employee mocks customers as "so stupid" and says the company is "robbing them blind,...

WNBA player Rickea Jackson of the Los Angeles Sparks filed a petition for protection against ex-boyfriend James Pearce of the NFL´s Atlanta Falcons,...

NASA said Thursday that the long-delayed launch of Artemis 2, the first crewed flyby mission to the Moon in more than 50 years, could come as soon as April...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on Thursday reiterated that the Trump administration remains a "fundamental ally"...

NEW YORK (AP) - Live Nation and the U.S. government struck a deal this week that they say would give artists and venues more choice when it comes to selling...

NEW YORK (AP) - How many times have you asked yourself the question, "If I hadn't spent this, what could I have bought?"That can be true with wars, too. The...

SARKAND, Iraq (AP) - As war rages in Iran, life goes on across the border in the Kurdistan region of northeastern Iraq. In the quiet mountainous village of...

Statistically, attending a weekly worship service is a remarkably safe thing to do. Global annual attendance totals many billions; the number of people...

The broadcaster addressed a number of the accusations in a statement shared on Instagram on Thursday.

The two leaders have undertaken a number of engagements in Cork on the first evening of the UK-Ireland summit in Cork.

Worries about the war with Iran sent oil prices back to $100 per barrel and stocks sinking worldwide.The S&P 500 fell 1.5% Thursday and returned to big...

CAIRO (AP) - Massive explosions caused by a drone strike at a market in the Darfur region near Sudan ´s border with Chad on Thursday killed four people and...

CHICAGO (AP) - The Big Ten says it wants the NCAA to stop its investigations related to athlete tampering because the Power Four conference believes the...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - An Army sergeant accused of shooting and wounding five co-workers at a southeast Georgia base last summer is seeking to plead guilty to...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The United States will intervene in the genocide case against Israel brought at the United Nations´ highest court by South...

CHICAGO (AP) - A rare opening for Illinois to elect a new U.S. senator has sparked a political brawl among the top three candidates in the Democratic state....

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri court has rejected a legal challenge to new U.S. House districts backed by President Donald Trump that are aimed at...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA cleared its moon rocket on Thursday for an April launch with four astronauts after completing the latest round of repairs....

Chile's new president Jose Antonio Kast faces a tough choice in his first weeks in office.Will he bow to US pressure to nix a project to link China and Chile...

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will meet with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng on Sunday and Monday in Paris for a new round of trade...

Roadside Attractions now has the US rights to the film about the Girl Scout cookie-selling season.

Former police officer Jeff Blair, 55, sustained serious injuries and died after being taken to James Cook University Hospital.

An unidentified assailant is dead after ramming his car on Thursday into a synagogue on the outskirts of Detroit, Michigan, and causing a blaze, police...

A man armed with a rifle rammed a vehicle into the nation´s largest Reform synagogue, a source tells The Associated Press. The attack occurred at Temple...

The report has been considered by the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body.

Murphy said he appreciated how director Steven Knight had included nods to McCrory´s character in Peaky Blinders after her death.

The British Prime Minister said he was `pleased´ Anglo-Irish relations had improved.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Since starting a war with Iran caused oil and gasoline prices to spike, President Donald Trump has pivoted from a focus on keeping energy...

The world has entered a "new dark age of abuses", with the United States "raining death" on Iran and Venezuela, a UN special rapporteur said Thursday.Ben...

The girl was taken to hospital with minor injuries after the attack at Thorpe St Andrew School on Wednesday morning.

The Brixton-born music producer died suddenly on March 8, according to a family statement.

The partnership between ravens and wolves goes back to Norse mythology -- Odin's birds scouted ahead and led prey to the god's canines, a relationship that...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The state of Oregon may soon have some new public property: A spectacular waterfall, beloved by generations, that was recently put up...

Ministers have been accused of preventing legal advice linked to an ethics probe into former first minister Nicola Sturgeon from being released.

AFP reporters have been speaking to a range of people living in Iran to build a picture of life under daily US and Israeli bombardment despite an internet...

The US Senate overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan housing bill Thursday aimed at boosting construction of affordable homes, giving lawmakers a rare...

WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) - Police are responding to reports of an "active shooter" at a synagogue outside Detroit, where smoke is billowing from the roof....

WASHINGTON (AP) - Pro-Iranian hackers are targeting sites in the Middle East and starting to stretch into the United States during the war, raising the risk...

Johannesburg (AP) - Four more African migrants deported from the United States arrived in Eswatini, authorities said Thursday.This is the third batch of...

Top economic officials from the United States and China are set to convene in Paris, the Treasury Department said Thursday, ahead of President Donald Trump's...

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday downplayed the defeat of a constitutional reform proposal in the Congress, her first...

Pompeii, Italy (AP) - More than 20 plaster casts of victims who died in the catastrophic volcano eruption in Pompeii went on display for the first time...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran´s new supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei issued his first statement on the war Thursday, though he did not...

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The governing body are gathering evidence after a complaint lodged against the rider, including allegations he strongly denies.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate passed a broad bill on Thursday to make U.S. housing more accessible and affordable, a rare bipartisan effort in Congress to...

Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville published a new plan to tackle the issue on Thursday.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - With spring still a week away, it's already starting to feel like summer in Southern California with forecasters predicting unseasonably...

BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) - An artisanal mine collapsed in the Central African Republic on Thursday morning, killing eight people, according to...

NEW YORK (AP) - About 4 1/2 hours after the first notes of Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde," a startling sound emerges from the wings, one many in the audience...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - A political party created just four years ago and led by an ex-rapper has swept Nepal's parliamentary poll, results published by the...

RAF jets have also continued to fly in defence of Cyprus with European allies in the region.

The Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill is due to come before Holyrood for a final vote on Tuesday March 17.

Iran´s sports minister appeared to rule out the possibility of the country playing at the finals on Wednesday.

The CMA said it will consider how quickly fuel prices rise and fall as wholesale costs change.

The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose again this week, reflecting ongoing bond market jitters over the war with Iran.The benchmark 30-year fixed rate...

A gunman is dead and two people are hurt after a shooting at Old Dominion University on Thursday, the Virginia school said.ODU said a gunman opened fire in...

But Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville described the plan as a `catalyst´ to bring poverty rates down.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The International Criminal Court is dropping an investigation into whether U.S. sanctions against Venezuela qualified as crimes...

A train and some railway infrastructure were set on fire in August in Latvia by two people acting in Russia's interests, Latvia's State Security Service said...

The B-listed structure on Union Street has continued to collapse in the days since the blaze broke out on Sunday.

Hannah Spencer triumphed for the Greens in the Gorton and Denton by-election in February.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Alfred Hitchcock famously claimed he didn´t watch his films in theaters. When asked if he missed out on hearing the audience scream, he...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Argentine Football Association boss Claudio Tapia appeared before a Buenos Aires court on Thursday for allegedly failing to...

Two crew on the USS Gerald R. Ford -- the world's largest aircraft carrier currently deployed for the war against Iran -- were injured Thursday in a laundry...

Boubacar Ould Messaoud, a rights activist who fought incessantly to wipe out slavery in his native Mauritania, died on Thursday in the capital Nouakchott...

BALTIMORE (AP) - A lawyer representing the leader of the cultlike Zizians group that has been linked to six deaths told a judge Thursday that there is reason...

The biggest new restaurant trend is small.Special menus with petite, less expensive portions are popping up all over, from large chains like Olive Garden and...

Police in Vietnam said Thursday they had arrested prominent journalist and government critic Le Anh Hung, days after reports spread on social media that he...

Broken computer monitors in bombed-out offices, scattered fake police uniforms and phoney hundred-dollar bills: these were the vestiges of a frantic escape...

Chile's Smiljan Radic Clarke, whose modern buildings can sometimes appear "deliberately unfinished," is the recipient of this year's Pritzker Prize,...

NEW YORK (AP) - When stock markets are as manic as they've been recently, it´s natural to want to do something to protect your retirement savings....

The Prime Minister has reacted to a High Court judgment involving a member of the rap trio.

LONDON (AP) - News that Prime Minister Keir Starmer ignored warnings of senior advisers and appointed Jeffrey Epstein´s pal Peter Mandelson as Britain's...

John Healey visited the Northwood military headquarters in Hertfordshire.

The woman who was killed was aged in her 40s and was a passenger in the car.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom said there was no imminent threat to the state, despite a warning from the FBI that Iran could send...

Nepal's centrist RSP party of rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah won a majority in parliament with 182 seats, Election Commission results showed...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, the dean of South Carolina´s Democrats, said Thursday that he will run for an 18th House term, a move that could...

The Scottish Government has announced the single point of contact programme will be available across Scotland.

Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has also threatened to continue blocking the Strait of Hormuz, driving up oil prices.

Sir Keir Starmer said he is determined to stop people `getting ripped off´ on their energy bills.

Men and women sit on the graves of their loved ones at a Shia Muslim cemetery in Quetta, southwestern Pakistan, reciting verses from the Quran.Many of the...

JERUSALEM (AP) - Iran´s parliament speaker warned on Thursday that attacks on the Persian Gulf islands that form Iran´s southern maritime frontier would...

European countries have stepped up domestic security since US-Israeli strikes on Iran sparked the Middle East war, with fears Tehran could be plotting...

VALENCIA, Spain (AP) - British rock star Morrissey won´t perform a concert in Valencia after festivities in the Spanish city kept him from getting a proper...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - After about a month of hearing from addiction experts, therapists, platform engineers and executives, including Mark Zuckerberg, a jury...

Defence procurement minister Luke Pollard said the UK had made a "long-standing" commitment to protect its resources and allies in the region.

The British Prime Minister was speaking ahead of a gathering of UK and Irish ministers in Cork.

First Minister John Swinney told MSPs his own son was born on the day of the tragedy - the deadliest mass shooting in UK history.

JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military says it is dropping charges against five soldiers who were accused of sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee in an...

William and Kate visited the Southwark Brewing Company and Fabal Beerhall on London´s Bermondsey Beer Mile on Thursday.

Maya Solecki was in need of a transplant after suffering severe damage to her kidneys following an e-coli infection in January 2024.

Conservative leader Russell Findlay urged the First Minister to join him and a publican who could be forced to close.

The Prime Minister faced media questions for the first time since the release of Government material related to the disgraced peer.

Turkey is talking to both Washington and Tehran in a bid to end the Middle East war, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Thursday as the conflict raged for a...

The uplift comes alongside the introduction of new financial sanctions.

The disgraced peer was given £75,000 after being sacked as US ambassador over his ties to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Three men injured in IRA bombings are bringing legal action against Gerry Adams.

The escalating Middle East war has raised concerns over the safety of masterpieces on loan from France to the Louvre Abu Dhabi, sparking questions about the...

TOKYO (AP) - A giant, underground pipe rose more than 10 meters (32 feet) out of a construction site in a busy area of the Japanese city of Osaka, nearly...

There were 80,333 cases in the system at the end of December, up from 41,987 at the same point in 2024.

The First Minister said firms destroyed or forced to shut will be assisted, as will those impacted by ongoing access restrictions.

The US military is currently "not ready" to escort tankers through the critical Strait of Hormuz because all its assets are focused on striking Iran, Energy...

Amanda Wixon, 56, subjected the woman to years of abuse at her squalid home in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio State acted swiftly on Thursday to move past the abrupt resignation of the university´s president over the weekend, elevating its...

The corporation has suggested that iPlayer could be opened to other public service broadcasters.

Kate was guided through the art of creating a cappuccino when the couple toured the foodie paradise meeting tourists and shoppers.

The travel group said it was expecting a hit to its profits, sending shares down by more than a 10th.

ROME (AP) - Pope Leo XIV on Thursday entrusted the Vatican´s charity works to a fellow Augustinian, signaling a line of continuity with Pope Francis who had...

When an air strike hit their Beirut neighbourhood, people were angry with Israel, but they reserved their deepest rage for Hezbollah, for dragging Lebanon...

A solicitor representing Martin McCarney said he was asked to make a statement to the court.

Myanmar's spiralling rights and humanitarian crises risk getting "much worse" as global attention focuses on the Middle East war and aid dwindles further,...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Hungary's government will declassify a national security report that the populist prime minister says will prove his main political...

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. applications for unemployment benefits inched down modestly last week as layoffs remain at historically healthy levels despite a...

The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital is currently subject to an inquiry amid deaths and infections linked to its water and ventilation systems.

Google Maps will depend more heavily on artificial intelligence to help people figure out where they want to go and the best way to get there as part of a...

The number of people waiting more than a year for NHS treatment is at its lowest since August 2020.

The Foreign Secretary´s visit is the first to the region by a UK minister since the outbreak of war at the end of February.

Eight Islamic and Arab countries on Thursday condemned Israel for keeping Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem closed during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.Israel...

France's foreign minister will on Thursday kick off a two-day visit to the Central African Republic intended to woo the former French colony, which has...

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents said there are now more than 2,500 accidental deaths each year in Scotland.

ATLANTA (AP) - Chris Ratledge used to make as much as $9,500 a week working on film sets around Atlanta. Now, he´s on food stamps.The 48-year-old digital...

The Tory leader alleged that notes had been removed from the files released.

The defence readiness minister and Scottish Secretary announced a £50 million growth deal in Paisley on Thursday.

The popular reality TV show has been a ratings hit for the broadcaster since it launched in 2022.

MPs were accused of `pretending to be ill´ and refusing to move during a vote on Wednesday.

Tesla Energy Ventures has been granted a licence to provide electricity to households and businesses in England, Wales and Scotland.

It came as oil prices lifted higher again on Thursday as Iran continued to strike key energy and shipping infrastructure in the Middle East.

The Bank of England said the change to wildlife imagery creates an opportunity to celebrate another important aspect of the nation.

HONG KONG (AP) - Some commercial ships near or in the Strait of Hormuz and Persian Gulf have declared themselves as China-linked since the Iran war began,...

The Culture, Media and Sport Committee said it is inviting written submissions on the future of the BBC.

`We´ve challenged the Prime Minister now to make an announcement,´ Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald said.

The bank is looking into reports that some customers using Bank of Scotland, Lloyds and Halifax apps were able to see other users´ transactions.

The new rules will apply to anyone using concessionary travel schemes but come in the wake of pressure over youth behaviour.

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) - Local organizers of the Milan Cortina Paralympics defended their actions after Ukraine´s Paralympic committee accused them...

Simon Harris said it is the job of Government to assist and enable people to make their major life decisions.

An area north of Stirling to Fort William is subject to a yellow weather warning for snow and ice on Friday.

The tech giant was originally due to move into the site in 2024, having first started construction in 2018.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - At least 50 people have died and 125 others are missing after landslides hit three districts in southern Ethiopia following a...

NHS England said waiting lists were down despite the NHS seeing its busiest winter on record.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine is awaiting White House approval for a major drone production agreement proposed by Kyiv last year, Ukrainian President...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - René Redzepi, founder and celebrity chef at the iconic Danish restaurant Noma that won three Michelin stars and other...

A passenger train from China arrived in the North Korean capital on Thursday, state media said, after a six-year hiatus since the service was suspended...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A Smithsonian museum exhibit about the maritime journey that millions of Africans were forced to take across the Atlantic to slavery in the...

The man, aged in his 40s, was driving the van when the incident occurred at Dunshaughlin shortly after 2am on Thursday.

`If we win I think me and Sandra will go home and have fish and chips!´.

China's leaders wrapped up nine days of annual legislative meetings in Beijing on Thursday, projecting an image of domestic stability seemingly unaffected by...

MOSCOW (AP) - A court in Moscow in Thursday convicted 19 people of involvement in the 2024 shooting rampage in a Moscow concert hall that killed 149 people...

The former Tory minister said it was a `sacrifice´ he had to make `if I believe in the cause of what I´m trying to do´.

Tens of thousands have fled the Gulf to escape the Middle East war, but Bangladeshi migrant workers say they have little choice but to return to earn a...

Ozzy is Osbourne´s second child with his wife Aree.

He received £1.9 million in fixed salary, pension and benefits for the year, but saw this heavily eclipsed by around £11.8 million of bonuses.

Indian restaurant MadCo took the tough call this week to remove some menu favourites, including bone marrow -- a beef bone cut in half and slowly roasted, in...

Nick Thomas-Symonds argued the peer should donate the money to charity.

Oil prices and financial markets remained under pressure after three more cargo vessels were hit in the Gulf.

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Senegal 's parliament has approved a law that toughens punishment for homosexuality in the largely Muslim West African nation.The new...

Road, rail and ferry travel has been affected.

Ofwat said it found "serious and unacceptable" breaches in Welsh Water´s sewage works systems and operations.

President Donald Trump has appointed the widow of assassinated right-wing activist Charlie Kirk to the US Air Force Academy advisory board, US media reported...

Bangladesh's parliament convened Thursday for the first time since a deadly 2024 uprising plunged the country into political turmoil and following elections...

BEIJING (AP) - While much of the world´s attention is on the Iran war, that hasn´t stopped China from moving ahead with national priorities with global...

When Kevin Ketels bought an electric 2026 Chevrolet Blazer last year, he wasn't thinking about the cost of gas. He just thought EVs were better and "wanted...

The retailer will give staff a 2% bonus after improving profitability and indicating progress in its transformation plan.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean lawmakers on Thursday passed a law to implement a pledge of $350 billion in U.S. investments Seoul made last year to...

The Cork-born actor fronted the award-winning series for almost a decade.

Torn between hope and fear, a Tehran resident in her 30s agrees to share her thoughts with AFP about the ongoing war and daily life.We are withholding her...

China was set to approve Thursday what it called an "ethnic unity" law, which rights advocates warn could further marginalise minority groups like the...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Unrelenting Iranian attacks on shipping traffic and energy infrastructure pushed oil above $100 a barrel on Thursday, as...

For a man with his eye on the White House in 2028, US Vice President JD Vance has kept a low profile since the start of the Iran war.The former US marine,...

Iran launched a new wave of attacks against Gulf energy targets on Thursday, hours after two oil tankers were hit, sending crude prices soaring again despite...

Raising water levels on lowland peat for `paludiculture´ can support nature recovery as well as store carbon, researchers say.

Film photography has been undergoing a renaissance, especially with younger people who love its unique look and analog vibe. But while Gen-Zers and younger...

Lebanon said an Israeli strike on central Beirut's seafront killed at least seven people early on Thursday, another attack in the heart of the capital as...

Uber announced Thursday its first robotaxi partnership in Japan, teaming up with Nissan and British artificial intelligence autonomous driving startup Wayve...

Three crew members were "believed to be trapped" aboard a Thai bulk carrier that was hit by two projectiles on Wednesday while travelling through the crucial...

HAVANA (AP) - Several dozen people stood in circle in a room at a Havana psychiatric hospital, their hands held together as they chanted in unison, vowing to...

Months after the last of the United States' 1-cent coins were pressed, some states are beginning to offer their own 2 cents on the penny problem by setting...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran have damaged at least four cultural and historical sites, including palaces and an ancient mosque,...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - For more than a century, Utah has kept gambling almost entirely out of the state. There are no casinos, no lotteries and no racetracks...

The price of Brent crude oil, the international standard, spiked back over $100 as Iranian strikes hit ships in the regions waters and the ongoing...

Iran targets busiest international airport as top UN body demands halt to attacks on Gulf neighborsDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran targeted the...

Like many school systems facing teacher shortages, South Carolina´s Allendale County has looked overseas for help. A quarter of the teachers in the rural,...

BANGKOK (AP) - The price of a barrel of Brent crude oil, the international standard, topped $100 a barrel early Thursday, just days after it spiked near...

Oil prices soared Thursday and stocks sank as Iran struck two tankers in Iraq and threatened to bring down the global economy, overshadowing a record release...

Ninety-six solar panels are now on the roof of the Dunblane Centre, thanks to local firm GreenPower and installers Lynx Sustainable Solutions.

Filipino sailor George Miranda was racing to help a stricken vessel aboard the tugboat Mussafah 2 when he last spoke to his wife and young daughter.The...

The BBC´s outgoing director-general, who will be replaced next month after resigning, was speaking on The Rest Is Entertainment podcast.

The 45-year-old has also been charged with possession of an offensive weapon, police said.

With "Sinners" and "One Battle After Another" neck-and-neck for best picture and several acting races far too close to call, this Sunday's Oscars gala is...

Life has not always been easy for Maryse Balthazar since she relocated to the United States from Haiti, but she felt peace of mind before Donald Trump...

Since the war in the Middle East began nearly two weeks ago, the phone at Ron Hubbard's bomb shelter company in Texas hasn't stopped ringing.Foreign and US...

Threats from Tehran have choked shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital artery for global oil and gas supplies.

With production in the Gulf countries at a standstill and gas prices rising, the war in the Middle East is disrupting the supply of fertilisers and posing...

North Korea released an image on Thursday of leader Kim Jong Un's teenage daughter firing a pistol, weeks after photos showed her shooting a rifle - once...

BEIJING (AP) - China is moving to approve a sweeping law to promote what it calls "ethnic unity," a measure that critics say would further erode the rights...

Contestants competed for prizes including toys, games and holidays.

The package also includes paid tech placements and support for those returning after career breaks to re-enter technology jobs.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said new buyer enquiries fell to their net lowest level since mid-2024 in February.

The Prime Minister will speak to journalists on a visit to Belfast.

Taoiseach Micheal Martin said he was `delighted´ to welcome Sir Keir to his home county of Cork.

The First Minister has made tackling poverty a key focus of his Government.

Just 11.5% of more than 900 ads for non-surgical liquid BBLs between April and December last year adhered to the rules, a study found.

Near-term expectations for the housing market have softened after an encouraging start to the year, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his teenage daughter fired pistols during an inspection of a light munitions factory, state...

___Bournemouth 0, Brentford 0Everton 2, Burnley 0Leeds 0, Sunderland 1Wolverhampton 2, Liverpool 1Brighton 0, Arsenal 1Fulham 0, West Ham 1Aston Villa 1,...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican and Democratic senators vented their frustrations Wednesday with the lack of progress in funding the Department of Homeland...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration on Wednesday opened a new trade investigation into manufacturing in foreign countries - an effort that comes after...

A 5-2 defeat in the Parc des Princes leaves the Blues facing a likely last-16 exit.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Dozens of Democratic senators demanded answers from the Trump administration on Wednesday as a growing body of evidence suggested that the...

Jamie Donley scored the winner as Bloomfield´s side secured a third successive victory.

NEW YORK (AP) - This stowaway truly was sly as a fox. A red fox somehow slipped onto a cargo ship that traveled from Southampton, England, to New York, where...

A man who was shot by police and later died had to wait 10 extra minutes for an ambulance after an officer having a "mild anxiety attack" took the first one...

GENEVA (AP) - A U.N.-backed panel of independent experts focusing on racial discrimination says racist hate speech by U.S. President Donald Trump and other...

Parliamentary business minister Graeme Dey said Holyrood has to `crack on with this´.

The Prime Minister will visit Northern Ireland on Thursday.

Yellow wind and rain warnings will come into force on Thursday.

Senegal's parliament on Wednesday passed legislation doubling the maximum penalty for same-sex relations, making them punishable by up to 10 years in prison...

President Donald Trump likes to say that no one understands the Make America Great Again movement like him, its founder and undisputed champion. But as he...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) - Ukraine's Paralympic committee has accused the International Paralympic Committee and Milan Cortina organizers of subjecting...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - It's still technically winter, but it's starting to feel like summer in Southern California with forecasters predicting unseasonably hot...

The UN Security Council on Wednesday called for Iran to halt its attacks on Gulf states, in a resolution that did not mention US or Israeli strikes on Iran,...

Charles was joined by hundreds of people celebrating Britain´s Nigerian diaspora.

PHOENIX (AP) - A day of fun in the sun for a Major League Baseball spring training game in the Cactus League looks like it's about to get toasty - even by...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - An old NASA science satellite plunged uncontrolled from orbit and reentered over the Pacific on Wednesday.The U.S. Space Force...

The First Minister said the Bill, introduced by Lib Dem MSP Liam McArthur, `did not recognise´ some provisions are outside Holyrood´s powers.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The State Department will permanently close the U.S. consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, which has been America´s closest diplomatic mission...

The Trump administration is using a 20-year-old report to misrepresent former President Jimmy Carter's views on mail-in and absentee ballots as it pushes for...

VILLA RICA, Ga. (AP) - A 12-year-old girl was taken to a hospital and died days after she collapsed in the street following a fistfight near a school bus...

Almost 200 Irish citizens were on the flight from Abu Dhabi.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Social Security Administration's internal watchdog is investigating a whistleblower complaint into what it describes as a former...

MIAMI (AP) - The widow of Jovenel Moïse - Haiti´s last elected president -- described being shot and wounded during the 2021 assassination of her husband...

Most U.S. stocks fell, but the market remained calm, even as the price of oil got back to rising. The S&P 500 slipped 0.1% Wednesday for a second day of...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The ride-sharing company Lyft will ensure the rights of blind and other disabled passengers across the country to travel with their...

NEW YORK (AP) - Among dozens of companies competing for Pentagon contracts to supply attack drones, one stands out.Powerus is flush with cash and ballooning...

NEW YORK (AP) - Newly released surveillance video appears to show a man buying a fuse at a fireworks store days before authorities say he and another man...

Tehran is seeking to choke the vital Strait of Hormuz to oil traffic following US and Israeli strikes against Iran, with fears it could be using sea mines to...

WASHINGTON (AP) - House lawmakers were digging into Jeffrey Epstein's sprawling financial portfolio Wednesday as a committee deposed his former accountant...

From school shootings to synagogue bombings, leading AI chatbots helped researchers plot violent attacks, according to a study published Wednesday that...

BOSTON (AP) - A coalition of 17 Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging a Trump administration policy that requires higher...

NEW YORK (AP) - There will be a new leader at billionaire eBay founder Pierre Omidyar's philanthropic group that aims to expand access to the digital...

Damien McCallion was speaking as the Minister for Health launched Ireland´s AI for Care Strategy.

The city council said what remains of the historic building is `seriously compromised´.

PRAGUE (AP) - Czech Republic lawmakers on Wednesday approved a 2026 budget that falls short of a NATO target for defense spending, despite pressure from the...

EXETER, England (AP) - A Barcelona fan who planned to attend his team's Champions League game at Newcastle ended up 360 miles away at third-tier Exeter City...

NEW YORK (AP) - New York Giants co-owners Steve, Laurie and Jonathan Tisch want to transfer their shares of the NFL club to their children´s trusts,...

Gerry Adams denies being in the Provisional IRA and is defending the legal claim.

PORTAGE, Mich. (AP) - Stryker, a major U.S. medical equipment company, said a cyberattack disrupted its global networks Wednesday."We have no indication of...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A Kansas town known for its prisons is allowing a shuttered private prison to reopen and house immigrants detained for living in the U.S....

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Ecuador is preparing a "major offensive" against criminal organizations set to begin this weekend with logistical support from the...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The head priest and dean of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in downtown Pittsburgh is facing charges after being accused of stealing more than...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The warming world has disrupted the timing for plant and animal reproduction, and it's usually bad news for species that depend on each...

After narrowly escaping death in her border village, Myriam Nohra is among the people in south Lebanon imploring the army for protection from the war between...

Indian officials said Wednesday that more than 100 Maoist rebels had surrendered, weeks ahead of New Delhi's March 31 deadline to eliminate the insurgency...

The toddler was struck by a car in the underground car park of Charlestown Shopping Centre in Finglas.

Campaigners fear Iranian authorities are intent on launching a new crackdown on opponents even under wartime conditions, after the police chief threatened to...

NEW YORK (AP) - The Pentagon has not permitted photographers to cover Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's last two briefings on the war in Iran, and hasn't...

Previous jumping frailties come to the fore to foil Champion Chase favourite.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A new Iowa law bans local nondiscrimination protections on the basis of gender identity after the state became the first in the U.S....

NEW YORK (AP) - Shakira is on her way to drop her son off at flag football practice. It's an ordinary experience for a mother who, in the not-so-recent past,...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The superintendent of Los Angeles public schools who's on paid leave during a federal investigation, released a statement on Wednesday...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Democratic-led states alarmed by the prospect of federal immigration officers patrolling the polls during this year´s midterm elections...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The new U.S. ambassador to South Africa was summoned to explain his criticism of the country´s policies, the South African foreign...

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill said she has called a meeting with the CEO of BAM to be held at the hospital on Friday

Pretoria summoned the new US ambassador Wednesday to explain "undiplomatic remarks" about South African racial policies and court decisions, the foreign...

The hunky, sweet hero in the new romantic drama "Reminders of Him" at one point turns to the movie's heroine and tells her: "I´m starting to wonder if you´re...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Nathan Chasing Horse was expected to be sentenced Wednesday morning for sexually assaulting Indigenous women and girls, drawing to a close a...

Simon Harris said he would be open to accessing EU loans for defence spending.

US President Donald Trump would "welcome" Iran's participation at the upcoming World Cup in North America, despite the ongoing Middle East war, the White...

The Government has released the first batch of files relating to Lord Peter Mandelson´s appointment as ambassador to the US.

The Harry Potter star described social media as destructive and said a lack of regulation for firms responsible for the platforms is frightening.

A BBC documentary last year alleged a `culture of cruelty´ at the Glasgow mental health unit for young people

Attacks have targeted around 20 commercial vessels in or near the Strait of Hormuz, data analyst groups report, as the blockaded waterway becomes a front...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Descendants of a father and daughter featured in what are believed to be the first photographs taken of enslaved people say they are...

All schools in Glasgow will close for two days this month, while five other councils are also likely to be affected.

In the third biggest UK National Lottery win of all time, one lucky player matched all five category main numbers, plus the two lucky star numbers.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Cambodia hopes to shut down all of the country´s notorious online scam centers by the end of next month, the head of the...

Simon Harris said there should be `no lag´ in energy companies reducing rates if oil prices stabilise.

The accused appeared in court on Wednesday after being arrested on Tuesday in relation to the alleged incident on February 15.

Multilingual scripts, images of young women and timed toilet breaks: a police tour of a newly busted cyberscam operation in Cambodia on Wednesday revealed...

Police said the incident in Norwich is not believed to be linked to a hate crime reported at the school last week.

The monarch held an audience with Flight Lieutenant Colin Bell, who presented Charles with a copy of his memoir.

Works by the Bradford-born artist will go on display at the Serpentine North Gallery.

Emails have suggested he initially requested more than £500,000.

The United Nations aid chief warned Wednesday that the Middle East war was impacting aid routes and urged "exemptions" so humanitarian supplies could get...