The fires that have been raging in Los Angeles County this week may be the "most destructive" in modern US history.

The US has announced it has increased its reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

Leicester City's owners have launched a landmark lawsuit against a helicopter manufacturer following the club chairman's death in a crash in 2018.

Given gilt yields are rising, the pound is falling and, all things considered, markets look pretty hairy back in the UK, it's quite likely Rachel Reeves's trip to China gets overshadowed by noises off.

Donald Trump has been handed a no-penalty sentence following his conviction in the Stormy Daniels hush money case.

Emma Raducanu has revealed she refused to use an antiseptic spray to treat insect bites for fear of failing a drug test before the Australian Open.

Donald Trump says a meeting is being set up between himself and Vladimir Putin - and that he and Barack Obama "probably" like each other.

Last year was the warmest on record, the first to breach a symbolic threshold, and brought with it deadly impacts like flooding and drought, scientists have said.

They laughed, chatted like friends and agreed on just about everything.

Photographs have captured the moments after a baby girl was born on a packed migrant dinghy heading for the Canary Islands.

A Russian spy was living in a "typical seaside hotel" on the English coast crammed full of electronic surveillance equipment, a court has heard.

Stunning pictures of Mercury have been published revealing the sunlit plains and possibly icy craters of the smallest planet in the solar system.

World cricket bosses have no plans to ban Afghanistan's men from the Champions Trophy or to demand the Taliban allow a women's team to represent the country, Sky News has learned.

Lebanon has elected a new president after multiple failed attempts had left the country without a head of state since 2022.

AC/DC fans have expressed their outrage after developers flattened the childhood home where the Young brothers founded the legendary rock band in 1973.

What does Russia think of Donald Trump's plan to acquire Greenland? Well, on the face of things, it is alarmed.

People in Belgium have been warned not to eat their Christmas trees.

Ryanair has said it is taking legal action against a disruptive passenger.

A Japanese Yakuza leader has pleaded guilty in the US to conspiring to traffic nuclear materials from Myanmar.

So can you stop people smugglers by lumbering them with sanctions? That is the government's latest idea, and it is bold and innovative.