The head of Myanmar’s military government has granted amnesty to around 4,900 prisoners to mark the country’s traditional new year, state-run media reported on Thursday. It was not immediately clear ...

Prime Minister Mark Carney said the key question in Canada’s election is who is best to deal with US President Donald Trump.

Train passengers are being warned over disruption as Network Rail prepares to begin its Easter engineering work. The Government-owned company said it will carry out work on more than 300 projects ...

North Korea has threatened unspecified retaliation after the US flew long-range bombers over South Korea, which the North claim may be a practice run for an attack.

With Japan charging an average tax rate of 1.9% on other countries’ goods and having a long-standing alliance with the US, the Wednesday talks are a crucial indicator of whether the Trump ...

They argued that Weinstein’s stay at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex is exacerbating the disgraced film mogul’s health issues.

Farmers, officials and industry leaders in Ivory Coast said fairer prices for cocoa are more urgent than ever before.

Lawyers for hip-hop producer Sean “Diddy” Combs asked a federal judge in New York on Wednesday to delay his May 5 sex-trafficking trial by two months so they can better prepare a defence.

More pupils are missing out on extracurricular activities and school trips as parents cannot afford them, it has been suggested.

The findings have been released ahead of the NASUWT teaching union’s annual conference in Liverpool over Easter.

Men are less likely than women to seek support after being diagnosed with cancer, a charity has said. And if they do seek help, they are often facing a diagnosis of an incurable cancer, according to ...