Pope Francis has opened the second phase of his big Catholic reform project, with widespread calls for women to take up more positions of responsibility in the church topping the agenda – but ordained ...

The Greek fire service said more than 400 firefighters were engaged in tackling the blaze in the mountains of Corinthia in the Peloponnese region.

Taoiseach Simon Harris has insisted his thinking on the timing of a general election in Ireland has not changed as he rebuffed claims his Government had served up a pre-poll giveaway Budget.

The Have I Got News For You star was in a black cab in Soho in central London on Tuesday morning when the incident happened.

The health ministry said the dead included several women and children, and that dozens of other people were wounded.

The princess shared her congratulations to her sister ‘Beabea’, sharing a photo of their families on social media.

Police in the Danish capital have said two pre-dawn explosions took place near the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen, prompting the nearby Jewish school to close for the day.

Sixty-one primary schools from across Ayrshire took part in a Junior Road Safety Officer (JRSO) seminar in Kilmarnock last week.

Defence Secretary John Healey is in Cyprus as the Government steps up efforts for a potential evacuation of Lebanon with the Middle East teetering on the brink of wider war.

TV presenter Lorraine Kelly has said she thought nothing would be “as bad” as covering the Lockerbie bombing until she reported on the Dunblane massacre. Kelly, 64, was speaking on ITV’s Good Morning ...

Passengers using London’s Euston railway station are being put “in danger” by “high levels of overcrowding”, a transport watchdog has warned. London TravelWatch said in a statement that “last-minute ...

The Israeli military has warned people to evacuate another 24 villages across southern Lebanon. The warning on Wednesday came days after the military launched what it said were limited ground ...