Iran has paused the process of implementing a new, stricter law on women’s mandatory headscarf, or hijab, an official said.

France’s highest court has upheld an appeal court decision which found former president Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption ...

Chief magistrate Paul Goldspring said the Tate brothers had engaged in a ‘straightforward cheat of the revenue’.

Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov was killed on Tuesday by a bomb hidden in a scooter outside his apartment building in Moscow ...

The former first minister has reflected on his fateful decision to end the SNP’s powersharing deal with the Scottish Greens.

A "chop shop" near Stansted Airport has led police to stolen vehicles and car parts worth £400,000. Essex Police were alerted by the Metropolitan Police on December 9 about a stolen vehicle ...

Thomas Johnson, 19, was driving at speeds of more than 100mph before crashing on the A415 in Oxfordshire and killing three of his friends.

Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca said he believes Mykhailo Mudryk did not knowingly take a banned supplement. The 23-year-old has missed the last five matches having returned a positive drugs test with ...

Counter-terrorism police are seeing a rapid increase in the number of suspects fascinated with extreme violence, whose search histories are like “a pick and mix of horror”, a senior officer has said.

Nasen Saadi, 20, of Croydon, south London, was also found guilty at Winchester Crown Court of the attempted murder of Ms Gray’s friend, 39-year-old Leanne Miles, as the pair were enjoying a late-night ...

Not guilty pleas have been entered on behalf of the teenager accused of killing three children at a dance class in Southport after he failed to speak in court. Axel Rudakubana, of Banks, Lancashire, ...

Seven-month-old Charlie Goodall died after falling over in an ill-fitting bath seat as his mother, Danielle Massey, left him unsupervised.