The UN warned that violence in the country was worsening as gangs expand their control over the Caribbean nation.

Marxist-leaning politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads early official results in Sri Lanka’s presidential election, according to tallies released on Sunday by the Election Commission. However, he ...

PART of the ground floor of a Grade II Listed building in Dalston could be converted into an office if the plans are approved by planners ...

Rent in the Cumberland Council area rose 7 per cent in the past year, new figures show. Provisional figures from the Office for National Statistics show the average private rent in the Cumberland ...

Sophistikaty's Hair and Beauty, based at Prudhoe Front Street, was commended in two categories in the North East Hair and Beauty Awards on September 7 at Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring. The ...

Hexham Spook Night will take place on Saturday, October 26 from 2pm until 9pm in the marketplace, Beaumont Street and Abbey grounds. Attractions include a funfair, hot food and drinks, pumpkin carving ...

A sandwich shop celebrating 12 years of business was nominated Trader of the Week. Top Nosh, owned by Karen Robinson, has been based at Haugh Lane Industrial Estate in Hexham since it opened in 2012.

Al Jazeera aired footage of Israeli troops live on its Arabic-language channel ordering the office to be shut for 45 days.

Israel and Hezbollah engaged in heavy back-and-forth strikes during the weekend, with the latter confirming that 15 of its operatives had been killed by Israeli forces. Akil, the main target, had been ...

Appearing under her stage name of Kathryn Grant, she appeared opposite Tony Curtis in Mister Cory in 1957 and Victor Mature ...

A New Zealand pilot held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region of Indonesia was freed on Saturday by separatist rebels. Phillip Mark Mehrtens, a 38-year-old pilot from Christchurch, ...

The death toll from an Israeli air strike on a Beirut suburb has risen to 37, including seven women and three children, ...