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Victims 'badly failed' by council and police, said Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham

Khalid Abo Middain used his hands, a hammer and a small shovel to build his own shelter on the outskirts of a fast-growing refugee camp near Rafah City in southern Gaza.

Covid, flu and RSV rates creep up as vaccination rates for all three remain low, worrying healthcare providers Cases of and hospitalizations for respiratory viruses, including Covid, the flu and RSV, continue rising acro...

Prince Mateen of Brunei (Abdul Mateen ibni Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah), 32, tied the knot with Anisha Rosnah (Yang Amat Mulia Pengiran Anak Isteri Anisha Rosnah), 29, a commoner who owns a fashion label and a travel ag...

Octopus Energy invests in scheme which recycles heat from computer data processing centres Up to 150 public swimming pools in the UK could be offered an innovative way to cut their energy bills by recycling heat from com...

Nineteen clerics were released after Pope Francis drew attention to the government's persecution of the Roman Catholic Church in his New Year's Day address.

Washington, North Carolina resident Cameron Lee Smith was charged with possession of a weapon of mass destruction and possession of methamphetamine, according to the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office.

The UK will send 20,000 troops to one of NATO's biggest military drills since the Cold War as the alliance practices repelling an invasion by Russian forces, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps is expected to announce today.

Heavy rains that buffeted Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state this weekend have killed at least 11 people, according to the state fire service.

An overnight shooting left two men dead and four other people suffering from gunshot wounds after a shooter opened fire in a suspected speakeasy in Philadelphia on Sunday, police said.

Hamas released video Sunday of three Israeli captives - including Nova rave attendee Noa Argamani, who became the face of the hostage crisis after footage showed her being dragged off on a motorcycle.

Authoritarian President Daniel Ortega has targeted the Catholic Church since protests rocked the country in 2018.

AA and RAC report highest figures for at least five years and criticise lack of permanent repairs Britain's potholed roads caused a surge in vehicle breakdowns last year, according to motoring organisations, which said r...

Willis made her first public comments on the allegations while speaking at the Big Bethel AME Church in Atlanta

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Police have opened a vandalism investigation into the spray-painting of a swastika on a wall adjacent to a Holocaust memorial in Philadelphia over the weekend

Police described the incident in Raanana, north of Tel Aviv, as a terrorist attack and said two suspects were under arrest. The two are from the same family in Hebron, a city in the occupied West Bank, and entered Israel...

Around 3,800 were evacuated ahead of Sunday's volcanic eruption amid a 'daunting period of upheaval'.

A Pennsylvania police officer has been suspended after he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman and then apologized to her, telling her that he hadn't "intentionally raped" her. Justin Hain, 38, of Lykens, who has been wi...

Controversial commentator Katie Hopkins has been criticised for mocking ITV presenter Kate Garraway after the death of her husband, Derek Draper.

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