Rwanda-backed rebels have gained ground in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo despite the unilateral ceasefire they declared earlier this week. The M23 rebels took control of a town 100 ...

Sandie Peggie was suspended after she complained about Dr Beth Upton sharing a female changing area in Victoria Hospital, Fife.

Egypt and Jordan have both rejected Mr Trump’s call to resettle Palestinians on their soil. Trump said the US would take over ...

A team led by researchers at the University of Aberdeen used a new method of detecting vitamin D in human hair samples.

Guatemala’s president has said after meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that his country will accept migrants from other countries being deported from the US. Under the “safe third country ...

The return to the usual Dail business comes two weeks after the opposition disrupted the nomination of Mr Martin as Taoiseach in a protest over speaking time. Government-affiliated independents had ...

Metropolitan Police officers are ‘abstracted away’ from outer London streets to cover city centre protests, MPs heard on Wednesday.

A rapper was linked by DNA to a drive-by shooting in London despite evidence he had moved to Dubai where he was pictured partying in a nightclub with superstar 50 Cent, a court has heard. Daniel Offei ...

A man died after medical technology including sleep apnoea equipment stopped working during Storm Eowyn, the Irish parliament has been told. Sinn Fein TD for Mayo Rose Conway-Walsh said she was ...