Independence fighters led by Egianus Kogoya, a regional commander in the Free Papua Movement, stormed a single-engine plane ...

Sri Lankans began voting on Saturday in a presidential election that will determine the course of the country’s recovery from ...

Woody Cook, who BBC Radio 2 presenter Zoe Ball shares with Fatboy Slim said he has "spent a lot more time with her [Zoe] recently".

Emma Raducanu’s injury problems struck again as she retired from her Korea Open quarter-final against top seed Daria Kasatkina. The 21-year-old Briton had just lost the first set 6-1 when she withdrew ...

Strictly’s Vito Coppola, Irish TV and radio presenter Craig Doyle and Line Of Duty actress Rochenda Sandall were in the BBC Celebrity ...

Greg Bateman and Kai Horstmann will be climbing Snowdon, Scafell Pike and Ben Nevis and cycling the 675 kilometres between them.

South Carolina put inmate Freddie Owens to death on Friday as the state restarted executions after an unintended 13-year pause because prison officials could not get the drugs needed for lethal ...

A weather warning for thunderstorms and heavy showers is in force across much of southern England and Wales. The Met Office says damage to buildings as a result of lightning strikes, disruption to ...

The plant on an island in the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania was the site of the nation’s worst commercial nuclear power ...

Voters lined up to cast their ballots in Minnesota, South Dakota and Virginia – the states with the first early in-person ...

Just months after being named the best pub in England by VisitEngland, The Peterville Inn is celebrating another triumph. The St Agnes pub has won the prestigious "Best Food Pub" award at this year's ...

A passenger on an expedition to the Titanic with the company that owned the Titan submersible has told a US Coast Guard ...