The UN warned that violence in the country was worsening as gangs expand their control over the Caribbean nation.

The Sunday papers are led by further developments in the alleged misconduct by Mohamed Al Fayed. The Sunday Times reports the Crown Prosecution Service twice failed to bring charges against the late ...

New York City’s interim police commissioner revealed late on Saturday that federal authorities had executed search warrants at his homes. Thomas Donlon, who became the interim commissioner just one ...

Marxist-leaning politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads early official results in Sri Lanka’s presidential election, according to tallies released on Sunday by the Election Commission. However, he ...

In the days when Weymouth Harbour handled cargo, many items passed though, ranging from Guernsey tomatoes, potatoes, timber, broccoli and, later, Ford cars. However in the 1960s, two noteworthy cargo ...

Winners for the prestigious West Dorset Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) Pub Garden of the Year award have been announced. The White Lion pub in Bourton, just north of Gillingham, was crowned the winner ...

This walk in west Dorset takes in an ancient sunken road and offers a glimpse of an unspoiled old-world village. Click into the photo gallery above to see a map of the route full-sized.  The medieval ...

The Food Standards Agency had told people with a peanut allergy to avoid eating products containing mustard as they may have ...

The death toll from an Israeli air strike on a Beirut suburb has risen to 37, including seven women and three children, ...

Independence fighters led by Egianus Kogoya, a regional commander in the Free Papua Movement, stormed a single-engine plane ...

Molly Dunne, 22, from Upwey, was selected by the five judges as overall winner, and was awarded the title of The Bard of Caer Dur (Dorchester), which she will hold for one year and one day and set the ...

Mr Mehrtens sobbed while talking to his family via video and an Indonesian official tried to calm him down by patting his back.