A fundraiser set up to support the mother of a 14-year-old boy who died following a fire at an industrial estate in Gateshead has raised more than £13,000.

Four boats capsized in a sudden storm on a river in southwestern China, leaving nine dead and one missing, state media said on Monday. More than 80 people fell into the Wu River when strong winds hit ...

Former vice president Mike Pence repeatedly invoked the US Constitution and said it is what “binds us all together” after receiving the John F Kennedy Profile in Courage Award on Sunday. Mr Pence ...

The president said he had authorised the tariffs on ‘any and all’ movies coming into the US that had been produced overseas.

George Simion was well ahead of Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan in the election re-run with 99 of the votes counted.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected the proposal to send US troops to Mexico to help thwart the illegal drug trade.

US President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a California island.

A Labour MP says the Professional Football Association has been ‘absolutely disgraceful’ in its response to issue.

People given infected blood in one of the worst treatment disasters in NHS history are “scared they won’t live to see compensation”, campaigners have said. The probe into the infected blood scandal is ...

His co-star Jessica Gunning came in second, while One Day actor Ambika Mod came in third on the Radio Times TV 100 list.

Astrid Larsen’s father, Leif Anders ‘Shetlands’ Larsen, was one of the most famous seafarers involved in the ‘Shetland Bus’ escape route.