US President-elect Donald Trump has selected Chris Wright, a campaign donor and fossil fuel executive, to serve as energy secretary in his upcoming, second administration.

In their final meeting, China’s leader Xi Jinping told US President Joe Biden that “China is ready to work with a new administration,” as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take over. The two ...

A woman found dead in the boot of a car in east London has been named by Northamptonshire Police. Detectives believe that Harshita Brella, 24, of Corby, was attacked by someone she knew. A murder ...

An Arctic air is bringing the first chills of winter to the UK. The Met Office, which has issued weather warnings for snow and ice for parts of the country from Sunday to Tuesday, has urged people to ...

Lord Blunkett is calling for action on “death trap” tube platforms after he was injured falling into the gap at Westminster station. The Labour peer, who is blind, called on Transport for London to do ...

A US animal shelter is dealing with a great big problem after a man arrived to hand over what he initially said was 150 mice.

Israeli troops captured a strategic hill in the southern Lebanese village of Chamaa, the National News Agency said.

Russian engineers are manufacturing hundreds of decoy drones meant to overwhelm Ukrainian defences as cover for a horrific ...

An Israeli airstrike on Saturday evening on a UN-run school sheltering displaced people killed 10 and wounded 20, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. It said two missiles were fired at the Abu ...

Eight people were killed and 17 others injured in a stabbing attack at a vocational school in the eastern city of Yixing on Saturday night, local police said. The attack occurred at the Wuxi ...

Mr Musk then used the rest of his post to become the first participant in the public poll he was proposing. He endorsed Howard Lutnick, the chief executive of financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald ...

The View co-host claimed a New York bakery had declined to make her a batch of desserts for her birthday because of her political beliefs.