Gunmen have fatally shot at least seven people working on a strategic tunnel project in Indian-controlled Kashmir and injured at least five others, officials said.

Polio cases are rising ahead of a new vaccination campaign in Pakistan, where violence targeting health workers and the police protecting them has hampered years of efforts toward making the country ...

Hurricane Oscar has weakened to a tropical storm after making landfall on Sunday in eastern Cuba. The US National Hurricane Center said Oscar made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane on Sunday evening.

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More than 100 flood warnings remained in place across the UK on Monday after Storm Ashley made its presence felt. A yellow weather alert for wind, issued by the Met Office, was in place until 9am on ...

More than 1,000 extra prisoners are set to be freed early this week as the Government puts the latest stage of its plan to ease jail overcrowding into action. On Tuesday, around 1,100 inmates will be ...

NHS staff and patients will have until the end of the year to submit their views, with the plan expected to be published next spring.

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The Government has launched a major “national conversation” on the future of the NHS, as it prepares its plan for the service’s next 10 years. Although the NHS is expected to receive a cash injection ...

A truck fire has caused all lanes to be stopped in both directions on the M25 at Junction 6 (A22, Godstone).

The material commonly used in vaginal mesh implants starts to degrade within 60 days of being implanted in the pelvis, according to a new study. Researchers also found particles of polypropylene, a ...