Police and protesters exchanged tear gas and petrol bombs in Hong Kong on Sunday amid anger over an attack on a leading activist by men allegedly linked to triad gangsters.   Clashes broke out as tens of thousands took to the streets for an unsanctioned anti-government march, many also defying a face mask ban introduced […]

A researcher from the University of York used wartime intelligence reports to compile the Bombing Britain database which shows more than 30,000 locations hit in Luftwaffe strikes.

The Home Office-funded five-day trial is taking place at Stratford station in east London which is home to two underground lines as well as overground services and other national rail routes.

Forty people have been killed in a targeted attack by US forces on a jihadist training ground in Syria – aimed at Al Qaeda-linked group leaders who were using north-west Syria as a ‘safe-haven’.

On Tuesday, the Russian Ministry of Defense shared video of a test flight for the Altius-U, a major step forward in its drone program.

Assad regime forces carried out an airstrike near a Turkish military convoy in northern Syria on Monday, in a rare example of Damascus directly confronting Turkish troops operating inside Syria. At least one pro-Turkey fighter was killed in the strike and several were injured, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. It was not […]

KARACHI/ISLAMABAD, Aug 3 (Reuters) – Pakistan accused India on Saturday of using illegal cluster bombs, killing two civilians and wounding 11, in the contested Kashmir region that both countries claim. In the latest flare-up of tensions between the two countries, India denied it had used such weapons. Pakistan’s military released images of what it said […]

The new Prime Minister is set to announce funds for a new trans-Pennine rail route that could cost billions. And he is drawing up plans for a major £2bn fund to improve Britain’s ‘left-behind towns’.

“I am hearing that Trump may use an obscure loophole in the Arms Control Act and notice a major new sale of bombs to Saudi Arabia (the ones they drop in Yemen) in a way that would prevent Congress from objecting. In this case, they said the Republican president would cite rising tensions with Iran […]

The neighbours won’t be causing any trouble for the future owners of this $16.25 million waterfront mansion for sale on Queensland’s Gold Coast glitter strip.