Sir Keir Starmer is to head abroad over the New Year after spending Christmas Day at Chequers in Buckinghamshire.

Moscow has denied claims Bashar al Assad's wife is seeking a divorce and a route out of Russia, where the couple are staying.

The iconic crocodile who starred in hit film Crocodile Dundee has died, his zoo has announced.

Japanese car giants, Honda and Nissan, have announced plans to merge.

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After the carnage at the Magdeburg Christmas market, there are now questions about whether something was missed.

A small plane has crashed into a popular Brazilian tourist town, killing all 10 people on board, according to officials.

The suspect in the German Christmas market attack "threatened to do something that would attract international attention" in 2013 and was flagged as a potential threat the following year, according to a state interior minister.

Police in Nigeria say at least 67 people have died after three stampedes within days of each other.

The mother of a nine-year-old boy killed in the German Christmas market attack has paid tribute to "my little teddy bear".

A US fighter jet has been shot down after it was mistakenly hit by an American missile cruiser over the Red Sea.

As we stare at a bullet-ridden wall, two young Palestinian boys stand behind us on a stoop and look on in fearful awe.

The Albanian government plans to block access to TikTok for a year after the killing of a 14-year-old boy led to concerns about social media's influence on children.

A memorial service has taken place in Magdeburg, Germany, for the victims of a Christmas market attack - as police said four women were among those killed in Friday night's attack.

Tyson Fury has responded after his defeat to Oleksandr Usyk in their heavyweight world title rematch in Saudi Arabia.

At least 38 people have been killed in a crash involving a bus and a lorry on a major road in southeastern Brazil, authorities have said.

The suspect in the attack on the Christmas market in Magdeburg appeared to be dissatisfied with the treatment of Saudi refugees in Germany, a prosecutor has said.

Syrian and Russian forces unleashed all they could on eastern Aleppo. For four years they battled to bring Syria's second city under Bashar al Assad's full control.

The doors of the white van are thrown open. Dozens of armed French police jump on board, their colleagues on the ground form a human chain and get to work.