Tory chiefs are considering changing party rules to prevent so many MPs standing in the race to succeed Theresa May, as ex-chief whip Mark Harper (pictured) became the 12th leadership candidate.

PAUL BRACCHI: The sinister figures who descended on Dennis Road on the outskirts of Birmingham city centre, wearing just Scream-type masks, intimidated and terrorised.

The messages show Smollett asking for helping to acquire ‘good pills’ with nicknames revealed to be for cocaine, ecstasy, and marijuana..

Between the summer of 2014 and March 2015, it’s now emerged that unexplained objects were spotted almost every day over the skies off the U.S. East Coast.

Amanda Holden put on a defiant display as she went braless in another daring gown on Thursday’s semi-final of the reality show.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Latest on developments in the Persian Gulf region and elsewhere in the Mideast amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran (all times local):

Acting US Secretary of Defence Patrick Shanahan has called North Korea’s recent short-range missile tests a violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions, becoming the latest senior official to contradict comments made by President Donald Trump.  “Let me just be clear: these were short range missiles. Those are a violation of the UNSCR,” Mr Shanahan […]

China is willing to meet reasonable demand for rare earths from other countries, but it would be unacceptable that countries using Chinese rare earths to manufacture products would turn around and suppress China, its commerce ministry said. President Xi Jinping’s visit to a rare earths plant last week had sparked speculation that China would use […]

Photo Illustration by Lyne Lucien/The Daily Beast/GettyPresident Donald Trump, who never rescinded his call to execute a group of African-American men wrongly accused of assaulting a New York jogger and whose political rallies routinely feature chants to lock up his political opponents, is now accusing his Democratic rival of being too tough on crime.And he […]

Benjamin Netanyahu is known as “The Magician,” able to turn unfavorable situations to his advantage. After his election win last month, Netanyahu was expected to bring quarreling partners to heel as the deadline approached to form a government – as he had before. Rather than make way for a rival, Netanyahu opted for fresh elections […]