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

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 ...

Al Jazeera aired footage of Israeli troops live on its Arabic-language channel ordering the office to be shut for 45 days.

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 ...

The Bull's Head Inn on the High Street in Fordington is to be converted into a restaurant. New owners of the site are looking to bring a Nepalese and Indian restaurant to the area, which is expected ...

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, ...

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 ...

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

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