Thousands of beer lovers have descended on Munich for the start of the world’s largest folk festival. Mayor Dieter Reiter ...

The death toll from an Israeli air strike on a Beirut suburb has risen to 31, including seven women and three children, ...

So far, there have been no reports of injuries from the heavy rain but many homes were flooded and some residents in two ...

Heavy rain has triggered landslides and floods in a northern region of Japan, leaving one person dead and several missing. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued the highest level of alert for heavy ...

A legal team representing alleged victims confirmed on Saturday morning that they have ‘had over 150 new enquiries’.

A lost cat has been reunited with his owners after an incredible 900-mile journey across the US. Rayne Beau — pronounced “rainbow” — made it home to California two months after getting lost in ...

A Labour mayor has said he thinks there will be “a spoonful of sugar along with the medicine” in the Budget next month.

Sir Mick Jagger has said he is “so sad” at the death of Cleo Sylvestre, “the first female vocalist to sing with the Stones”. Sylvestre, also known as Cleopatra Palmer, who had been a feature of film, ...

Some 700 paratroopers took part in the jump, including the Red Devils, the British Army’s freefall parachute display team. The event commemorates the anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem, part of ...

Meliesha Jones was dealing with a customer complaint with a colleague when she pressed reply instead of forward on an email.

Sri Lankans began voting on Saturday in a presidential election that will determine the course of the country’s recovery from ...

The plant on an island in the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania was the site of the nation’s worst commercial nuclear power ...