Eighteen months after burying his six-year-old son Ivan, beaming British Prime Minister David Cameron has welcomed the early arrival of his “unbelievably beautiful” baby daughter. Mr Cameron’s wife Samantha gave birth to the...

Research for the respected Atlantic magazine said there was increasing concern in Israel about the Tehran regime’s attempts to develop a nuclear weapon. And they expected an attack by Israel, possibly supported by the US and UK, within the next...

Eight people have been killed, including four policemen and an Iraqi general, in a series of attacks around the country, Iraqi officials say. The policemen were killed when a car bomb detonated next to a patrol in the town of Beiji, north of Baghdad.

Iraqi officials say a car bomb has exploded in a shopping area in western Baghdad, killing three people. The attack in the Iraqi capital comes one day after a car bombing killed five people outside a Baghdad police station during an early morning shift...

A woman who ripped off her ex-boyfriend’s testicle with her bare hands has been sent to prison. Amanda Monti, 24, flew into a rage when Geoffrey Jones, 37, rejected her advances at the end of a house party, Liverpool Crown Court heard. She...

U2 frontman Bono has undergone spinal surgery after injuring his back during rehearsal, forcing the band to postpone the launch of their world tour and leaving a headline appearance at Glastonbury in the balance. The singer, who celebrated his 50th...

Defendants in rape cases are to be granted anonymity in an unexpected move that women’s groups immediately branded an insult. A crackdown on cut-price alcohol was the second surprise commitment from David Cameron and Nick Clegg in a 34-page programme...

Ia Sartania and Tamuna Bibineishvili are slender, 19-year-old blondes. They are gregarious university students who like popular music, rock climbing and spending time with friends. They are not devout churchgoers and consider themselves somewhat...

The deadline the Malagasy Armed Forces gave transitional authorities to find a solution to the political crisis that has paralysed Madagascar for over a year will expire at the end of April. Earlier in the month, army chief of staff General Andre...

The number of people killed in a decade of war in the Democratic Republic of Congo may be half of the accepted toll of 5.4 million, a study has suggested. The Canada-based Human Security Report Project says the figure makes too many assumptions about...