Mr Scholz leads a minority government after his unpopular and notoriously rancorous three-party coalition collapsed on November 6.

A youth opened fire at a private Christian school on Monday in the US state of Wisconsin, killing two people in the final week before the Christmas break. The gunman also died, police said.

Monday’s draw in Lausanne saw England, Wales – winners of Group B4 – and the Netherlands placed into the same pool as Pot 1 seeds France, who topped the Lionesses’ qualification group by a point after ...

The raid comes a week after fighters marched on the Syrian capital in their lightning offensive that forced Syrian President Bashar Assad to flee.

A planned strike over Christmas and New Year by fuel tanker drivers at Edinburgh Airport has been called off, their employer has said. Unite the union announced last week that tanker drivers from ...

Prosecutors and the defence have agreed to recommend a sentence of between four and six years in prison, according to the plea agreement.

Sarah, Duchess of York will also miss the royal family’s festive gathering in Norfolk, as will Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie.

The UK has sent a team of senior officials to Damascus for talks with Syrian’s interim leaders, including banned terror group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the ...

Mary Jane Veloso is allowed to return to her home country of the Philippines after it signed a ‘practical arrangement’ deal ...

Local government minister Jim McMahon said local government reforms would give elected councillors ‘far more power’ to make decisions in ...

Authorities in Mayotte fear hundreds and possibly thousands of people have died in Cyclone Chido, although the official death ...

Israel’s foreign minister Gideon Saar was highly critical of the Irish Government after ordering the closure of the embassy in Dublin.