Myanmar’s military government has released more than 6,000 prisoners and reduced other inmates’ sentences as part of a mass ...

Actor Michael J Fox, US politician Hillary Clinton and Vogue magazine editor-in-chief Dame Anna Wintour will also be given the honour.

A woman was taken to hospital after being hit by a car in Orpington. The crash happened on Friday (January 3) at around 5:30pm on Elizabeth Way in St Mary Cray and involved a collision between a ...

The 17-year-old consolidated his status as the biggest star in the game by winning the World Championship on Friday night.

Police confirmed they were supporting the family of Edward Pettifer, 31, of Chelsea, who was killed in the attack in Bourbon Street.

Kidman recalled how she was unable to accept her best actress award at the Venice Film Festival due to her mother’s death.

Colin Firth portrays Dr Jim Swire in a new TV series about his fight for justice after the death of his daughter Flora.

Six days of funeral observances for Jimmy Carter are due to begin in Georgia, where the former US president died on December 29 at the age of 100. The first events reflect Mr Carter’s climb up the ...

Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died aged 116, officials said. Ms Itooka died on December 29 at a care home in Ashiya, Hyogo ...

Two people have been reportedly attacked during a burglary in Kent which resulted in a police chase and suspects climbing a roof in Lee.

A fire that broke out at a shopping centre in Dallas has killed more than 500 animals, most of which were small birds, authorities said. The 579 animals in the pet shop at Plaza Latina in the ...