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Drugs, weapons and mobile phones are among the items snuck into jails, says the Observer.

GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- It’s now less risky to get frisky -- in public -- in Guadalajara. Mexico’s second-largest city has made it harder to police sexual activity in places like parks, alleys, entertainment venues an...

Six white caskets were arranged in a semi-circle during the funeral.

Sexual misconduct claims against Argento, which caused a rift between her and fellow campaigner Rose McGowan, won't stall the movement, say activists Almost a year after the Weinstein scandal first broke, a critical eye ...

Trump's timing of attacks on Google, Facebook and Twitter could not have been better, as the three come under scrutiny in hearings Trump and Russia may have dominated the political discourse all summer, but last week the...

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach isn’t certain if, or when, esports might be incorporated into the Olympic Games. But he was clear in an interview with The Associated Press at...

When Ben Quilty and Richard Flanagan saw a picture by six-year-old Heba, they knew they had to share it with the world In 2016, with my friend Richard Flanagan, I stopped at a transit station halfway across Serbia. It wa...

Keith Collins, who has died of a brain tumour aged 54, was the long-time companion of the film-maker and artist Derek Jarman. A practical, dependable and vigorous man, Keith believed his greatest achievement was keeping ...

Across the UK, children are made to sit alone and in silence for hours in isolation booths after they break rules Parents have criticised the use of isolation booths at secondary schools across the country, after concern...

Police released shocking video of a Washington D.C. woman smashing a Greyhound bus window with a car jack -- and then trying to run over the vehicle’s driver to boot. The chaos unfolded when the hothead, identified by ...

Rob Tibbetts, the father of Mollie Tibbetts, the Iowa college student whose alleged murderer is in the U.S. illegally, implored immigration hawks to stop using his daughter's death for political purposes in a moving Satu...

Broadcaster tells of experience at Charterhouse to encourage girls to report incidents The broadcaster Cathy Newman has said she was sexually harassed and humiliated by teenage boys while attending an elite private schoo...

Emergency services have been scrambled after a blast claimed by the Islamist militant group al-Shabaab killed at least six people and injured about a dozen. The explosion blew the roof off a mosque and caused a huge plum...

Former Defense Secretary and CIA Director Leon Panetta says Democrats should wait until Robert Mueller releases his report before considering impeachment.

Former leader says party must back definition 'unequivocally' ahead of crunch NEC vote Gordon Brown has called on Labour to support the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition of antisemitism "unanimous...

Thousands more Chinese students are taking up Latin American languages with an eye to improved employability When Zhang Fangming started learning Portuguese, it was with an eye to becoming a top Chinese diplomat in Brazi...

After visiting Jamaica for his sister's funeral in 1998, Windrush victim Ivan Anglin was given two days to pack up his life For the past five weeks, Ivan Anglin has been waiting at his home in Mandeville, central Jamaica...

Visit by president who once compared himself to Hitler marred by Holocaust remarks The Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte, who once compared himself to Hitler and his bloody war on drugs to the Holocaust, will meet th...

British Prime Minister Theresa May has ruled out a second referendum on Britain's exit from the European Union, saying it would be a betrayal of democracy and trust.

Thirteen mutilated cats have been found this summer, and officials are still looking for a suspect.

Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W Bush and Bill Clinton were among those at the service in Washington DC, but US President Donald was not invited and did not attend.

Effects of ISIL’s ideology in Iraq and Khmer Rouge in Cambodia generated much interest in the festival that usually attracts people with movie premieres and big names.