Multiple ex-Harrods employees have accused Mohamed Al Fayed, the Egyptian billionaire who owned the luxury department store for more than 25 years, of rape and sexual assault.

Some Brazilian users regained access to X, formerly Twitter, this week despite a nationwide ban put in place by the country’s Supreme Court – a reunion apparently resulting from the social network ...

Venezuela’s former opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez said he was coerced into signing a letter effectively recognising his defeat in July’s presidential election, which electoral authorities claim ...

A 10-year-old Japanese student attending a Japanese school in southern China has died in a stabbing, officials in Tokyo have said. The Japanese government asked Beijing to provide details of the ...

High street giant Next has upped its annual profit outlook for the second time in less than two months, thanks to surging sales overseas and a rebound in UK trading over recent weeks. The group, which ...

Police have arrested a teenage girl after an empty New York City subway train was taking on a brief joyride by two people before they crashed it and fled. They are looking for a male companion they ...

Ocado has upped its revenue guidance for the year into double-digit percentage growth after a sharp rise in customers over the summer months. The online retailer said revenue rose 15.5% year on year ...

BRADFORD artist Steven Spencer has an exhibition in the city starting this month. We asked him about his work and life.

Dr Zoe Thomas, from the University of Southampton, found that the South Atlantic archipelago was once covered in cool, wet woodland.

City of London Police Detective Superintendent Kate MacLeod said the public should be aware of the severity of the offence.

The co-founder of the Isle of Wight Festival, Ray Foulk, has said it “grieves” him that festivals now are not as political as they were in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Foulk, who set up the music ...

Radio star Scott Mills has said he is “speechless” after winning the BBC’s Celebrity Race Across The World alongside his ...