Investigators with jackhammers and shovels have been digging under a New York City house once occupied by a famous gangster who is…
A "popular and well-liked" British teenager has died after apparently plunging 10 floors from a hotel balcony while on holiday in …
US authorities are offering a $65,000 reward in their renewed effort to track down suspects in the unsolved 2008 bombing of a US m…
Police are investigating a break-in at actress Helen Flanagan's home which left her "very shaken" but unharmed.
A man has been charged over the cruise ship death of his ex-wife - seven years after her body was found off the Italian coast.
After weeks of sometimes violent confrontation with police, Turkish protesters have found a new form of resistance - standing stil…
Abu Qatada could be removed from the UK by the end of the week after the King of Jordan approved a new treaty designed to prompt t…
Justin Bieber struck a pedestrian with his car in Hollywood but there was no crime and the injuries are not life-threatening, poli…
G8 leaders have agreed to work towards peace talks to end the Syrian civil war but their statement stopped short of demanding Pres…
US representatives could meet with the Taliban in Doha within days after the Islamist group opened a "political office" in the Qat…
A teenage boy and girl from the same school have died after being hit by a high-speed train in Hertfordshire.
The site where archaeologists and historians believe Pocahontas rescued Captain John Smith from death will be preserved under a ne…
Indian officials have launched an investigation into Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan over reports he knows he and his wife are havin…
An alleged Nazi war criminal has been charged with his role in organising the deportation of more than 12,000 Jews to death camps.
French international footballers Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema have gone on trial charged with paying for sex with an underage p…
Britain is expected to bask in its hottest days of the year so far today and tomorrow, forecasters say.
The wife of a teacher accused of abducting a schoolgirl has told a court how she asked him to stop communicating with the pupil on…
Moors murderer Ian Brady walked out of a mental health tribunal after lawyers spoke of his "chronic" anger and nocturnal behaviour…
A man charged with murdering four women whose first and last names began with the same letter has told a jury that he is not a "mo…
An ancient city lost for 1,200 years has been discovered in the Cambodian jungle by archaeologists using laser scanning technology…
Officials have exposed some of the excuses people give for not having a television licence.
The annual rate of inflation was driven higher than expected in May as air fares rose by record levels, according to the Office fo…
A joint statement on the conflict in Syria is set to be agreed by leaders at the G8 summit - but will not call for the removal of …
The FBI is searching a field in suburban Detroit based on information involving the disappearance of former Teamsters leader Jimmy…
Major protests have been held in cities across Brazil over rising bus fares and the cost of staging the 2014 football World Cup - …
A driver has been arrested over the death of a man who was hit from behind by a pick-up truck while dribbling a football from the …
Nearly 4,500 Army staff have been given their redundancy notices in the latest round of staff cuts, the Ministry of Defence has co…
A woman who became America's youngest death row inmate has been released after 28 years behind bars.
Royal Ascot is one of the highlights of the sporting and social calendars, five days of pomp, pageantry and world-class racing tha…
Jason Statham took his supermodel girlfriend to the world premiere of his latest film Hummingbird - and she added a few red carpet…
