The military said it hit sites that had been used to smuggle weapons from Syria to Lebanon after the ceasefire took effect.

First Minister John Swinney and former prime minister Gordon Brown are in attendance at the service at St Giles’ Cathedral in the Scottish capital.

First Minister John Swinney and former prime minister Gordon Brown are in attendance at the service at St Giles’ Cathedral in the Scottish capital.

Financial Conduct Authority chief executive Nikhil Rathi has defended the organisation after the report by MPs and peers.

The funeral of comedian Janey Godley is taking place in Glasgow, with former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon among the mourners. The service is being held at at St Mary’s Cathedral in Glasgow ...

A senior MP has said she is “worried that vulnerable people will get swept up in the assisted dying route”, after plans received their first approval from MPs. A historic Commons vote on Friday means ...

A Hampshire Constabulary spokesman said that about 200 people were at the protest, where a minority of those involved became aggressive.

The boxes holding the ballots were opened at 9am at count centres across the country. They must first be sorted before counting formally begins, in a process which could last days because of Ireland’s ...

A Russia military delegation arrived in North Korea as international concerns about the two countries’ expanding co-operation ...

More bodies buried under the mud were retrieved in eastern Uganda and an injured person died in a hospital, bringing the ...

Experts trained Ivor, a six-year-old cocker spaniel Labrador cross, to identify the highly destructive pathogen phytophthora ...

The shock offensive sent residents fleeing and added fresh uncertainty to a region reeling from multiple wars.