Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 jumped 8.8 in morning trading to 34,510.86, zooming upward as soon as trading began.

Time is running out to register to vote in the local and mayoral elections taking place in England on May 1. Anyone not yet registered, or who is not sure if they are eligible to vote, has until ...

Charles and Camilla made a private visit to the Vatican, where they were able to spend time with Francis, who is recovering after hospital treatment.

Adding to the economic turmoil are also larger frustrations over Mr Trump’s deportation tactics, increasingly the subject of legal scrutiny and human rights criticisms, and moves by his administration ...

The victims include merengue music star Rubby Perez, who had been singing to the crowd before the disaster struck.

The 7ft Good Egg, made by Cocoba, will later be melted down and turned into approximately 3,000 limited edition chocolate ...

US President Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariffs have gone into full effect. When Mr Trump announced the latest round of ...

The scene shows bandmaster Wallace Hartley leading his fellow musicians in playing as the doomed ocean liner goes down.

The Stena Immaculate will be towed to the Port of Great Yarmouth later this week, a month after it was struck while at anchor in the North Sea by the container ship Solong. The US tanker has been ...

The King met the Italian prime minister, addresses both houses of Parliament and had an unscheduled meeting with the Pope.

Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the NEU, said the country should look at Australia where social media is banned for under-16s.

Deprivation is higher in Northern Ireland than in regions of England, and in Scotland and Wales, research by Queen’s University Belfast has found. Researchers compared census data on deprivation by ...