The miners in a mineshaft in Stilfontein are believed to be suffering from a lack of food, water and other basic necessities.

Urfan Sharif and two others are accused of being party to years-long abuse that culminated in the 10-year-old’s death last August.

An inspection team from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) was not told of a spike in neonatal mortality or that a number of the deaths were unexpected and unexplained when they visited the hospital in ...

Matthew Haydon was sentenced to four and a half years in prison with a four-year extended licence period, at the Old Bailey.

Japan’s Princess Yuriko has died aged 101 after her health deteriorated recently, palace officials said. Yuriko was the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito’s brother and the oldest member of the imperial ...

It comes as legislators consider ratifying an agreement that would allow Russians to buy apartments in the region.

One of the most senior Catholic leaders in the UK has suggested it would be “abhorrent” to exclude religious views from the assisted dying debate after Dame Esther Rantzen said she was deeply ...