David Cameron has left Washington after a two-day visit in which he has enjoyed the warmest possible embrace from America's political and social elite.

More people are in fuel poverty than previously estimated, according to a new formula proposed for assessing the problem.

A woman has been left distraught after her mobile phone containing irreplaceable messages from a soldier killed in action was stolen.

Police officers should be made to take yearly fitness tests and have their pay docked if they repeatedly fail, a review has suggested.

Five racehorses have died at the Cheltenham Festival over the first two days of the event.

A 40-year-old woman has been arrested in London in connection with an alleged terror plot against a synagogue in Milan.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Flag-waving crowds took to the streets of Syrian cities on Thursday in an orchestrated show of loyalty to President Bashar al-Assad on the first anniversary of an increasingly bloody revolt against his rule. Official media announced government forces had cleared "armed terrorists" from the northwestern …

A Swiss couple held captive by the Pakistani Taliban for over eight months were flown back to the capital on Thursday, smiling and waving to the cameras and apparently in good health.

David Cameron and his wife Samantha have left Washington DC for the next leg of their US visit, after being honoured at a sumptuous state dinner.

A fragile truce between the Israeli army and Gaza militants appears to be largely holding despite the two sides trading more fire overnight.

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's government has in the last week held its first indirect peace talks with Islamist sect Boko Haram, meeting mediators to discuss a possible ceasefire, political and diplomatic sources told Reuters on Thursday. Two people close to Boko Haram have been carrying messages back and forth between the …

Two teenagers have had a lucky escape after being attacked by sharks within minutes of each other while surfing off New Smyrna Beach in Florida.