An Italian journalist who was reporting in Tehran has been detained by the Iranian police, Italy’s foreign ministry said on Friday.

The United States is expected to announce that it will send 1.25 billion dollars (£1 billion) in military assistance to Ukraine, US officials said on Friday, as the Biden administration pushes to get ...

A man suspected of a Christmas Eve assault is among those who found themselves at Teesside Crown Court on Boxing Day.

Firms in Newton Aycliffe, Middlesbrough and Newcastle have been named and shamed by HMRC for almost £1.2m worth of unpaid tax between them.

A veteran councillor says the public are entitled to know what led to a blunder causing a major sewage spill onto a beach and requiring repair work costing hundreds of thousands of pounds. Almost two ...

Darlington Indian restaurant Babul's opened its doors for those in need on Christmas Day for the eighth year in a row.

The designation of Bidzina Ivanishvili is the latest in a series of sanctions the US has placed on Georgian politicians and others this year.

His remarks came after Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch accused Mr Farage of “fakery” in response to Reform claiming they had surpassed the Tories in signed-up members. Mrs Badenoch said Reform ...

Kirk Marsden, from Blackburn, suffered multiple serious injuries after being hit by a Toyota Land Cruiser, police said.

Brazil’s navy said on Friday that the body of a woman was found six kilometres from the Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira Bridge.

A vigil has taken place at the spot where a husband and wife were killed in a hit-and-run incident in west Dublin. A man is still being questioned by gardai about the incident in Blanchardstown Road ...

The former Morrison Hotel, made famous by The Doors and their 1970 album of the same name, was significantly damaged by a fire that erupted in central Los Angeles on Thursday.