Some 46,006 Palestinians had been killed and 109,378 wounded in the ongoing 15-month conflict, the ministry said as it updated its toll on Thursday.

Former Scotland rugby union captain Stuart Hogg has been sentenced to a community payback order after he admitted abusing his estranged wife over the course of five years. He pleaded guilty to a ...

The US president was scheduled to leave for Italy after giving the eulogy for former president Jimmy Carter at his funeral in Washington on Thursday.

NHS leaders have warned that the peak of the flu cycle has not yet hit, with February and March potentially worse for the health service.

ROUGH sleepers in Wirral are being offered emergency accommodation as a Severe Weather Emergency Protocol (SWEP) has been activated.

Two lynx which were illegally released in the Scottish Highlands have been successfully captured – with experts warning the creatures could have died if they had remained in the wild.

Taiwan demonstrated its sea defences against a potential Chinese attack on Thursday as tensions rise with Beijing, part of a multi-tiered strategy to deter an invasion from the mainland.