US President-elect Donald Trump has selected Chris Wright, a campaign donor and fossil fuel executive, to serve as energy secretary in his upcoming, second administration.

A woman found dead in the boot of a car in east London has been named by Northamptonshire Police. Detectives believe that Harshita Brella, 24, of Corby, was attacked by someone she knew. A murder ...

A gold pocket watch presented to the captain of a boat which rescued more than 700 passengers from the Titanic has sold for a record-breaking £1.56 million. It was the highest amount ever paid for ...

The Met Office, which has issued weather warnings for snow and ice for parts of the country from Sunday to Tuesday, has urged people to get their “woolly jumpers at the ready!” as “temperatures are ...

In their final meeting, China’s leader Xi Jinping told US President Joe Biden that “China is ready to work with a new administration,” as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take over. The two ...

Lord Blunkett is calling for action on “death trap” tube platforms after he was injured falling into the gap at Westminster station. The Labour peer, who is blind, called on Transport for London to do ...

Strictly Come Daning returned to Blackpool on Saturday (November 16) night, a location that has been the hit BBC show's "second home" since 2004. The Pet Shop Boys opened proceedings with a medley of ...

A US animal shelter is dealing with a great big problem after a man arrived to hand over what he initially said was 150 mice.

Sean “Diddy” Combs has tried to reach out to prospective witnesses and influence public opinion from jail in a bid to ...

Ten newborn babies have been killed after a fire tore through a neonatal intensive care unit in a hospital in northern India, ...

Engineers are creating decoys which will be used to mask attacks using devastating thermobaric warheads, journalists found.

Japan’s foreign minister has arrived in Kyiv to discuss North Korea’s deepening military alliance with Russia, including the ...