Clashes erupted last week in several cities across Syria between Assad supporters and the new government, which is led by Islamist rebels.

The new aid comes as Russia has launched a barrage of attacks against Ukraine’s power facilities in recent days.

Jewellery worth more than £10 million as well as designer handbags worth £150,000 have been stolen from a house in Primrose Hill in London. A white man aged in his late 20s to 30s broke into a house ...

A coroner has issued a warning about the dangers of baby slings after a six-week-old boy died during “hands-free” breastfeeding. James Alderman, known as Jimmy, was being breastfed within a baby ...

Father Aidan Troy received multiple loyalist death threats in January 2003 over his role in the Holy Cross dispute in Belfast.

On the first Monday of every year thousands of commuters discover that cars left idle throughout the Christmas period will not start.

Last year nearly 1,600 pupils were affected by consortia arrangements, which enable pupils to travel to other schools for lessons.

Jimmy Carter served one term in the White House in the late 1970s, and went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.

The practising Baptist continued his globetrotting ways after leaving power, even without Air Force One as his vehicle. He was also part of the Elders, a group of experienced statesmen and women drawn ...

A priceless piece of lunar rock given to Ireland following a Nasa mission was lost in a fire at Dunsink Observatory, newly released records show.

A man who murdered his mother with a hammer when he was a teenager in a plot inspired by Coronation Street has been moved to an open prison, it is understood. Daniel Bartlam was 14 when he killed ...

Edinburgh’s Hogmanay street party and fireworks display have been cancelled due to bad weather. The events were cancelled by organisers UniqueAssembly after Met Office yellow weather warnings for most ...