Oil prices surged Friday after US and UK forces launched strikes against Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen following attacks on ships in the Red Sea, fuelling worries about a wider conflict in the crude-rich region.

The Grammy award-winning singer, best known for her 1990 cover of "Nothing Compares 2 U", was found unresponsive at her south London home last July. She was 56.

Rows of super-powerful computers fill a classroom in northeast England, their LED-lit keyboards, mice and headsets washing the space in a futuristic blue glow.

Ireland announced legal action Wednesday against the UK government in the European Court of Human Rights over a law granting immunity to combatants in the Northern Ireland conflict.

Britain's opposition leader will promise Tuesday that a future Labour government will "heal" the UK after 13 years of Conservative rule if it wins an election tipped for next year.

The US and the UK are not sending warplanes to aid Ukraine in its ongoing war with Russia.

The U.K. is in a 10-day period of national mourning after the passing of Queen Elizabeth II on Sept. 8 as her state funeral is scheduled on Monday.

A woman reportedly died in front of her two children and husband while she was traveling on a flight from Hong Kong to the U.K. on Friday, Aug. 5. 

A former Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, joins the list of names who could replace Boris Johnson as UK Prime Minister.

A 6.1 magnitude quake has struck Afghanistan and the Taliban is now requesting for help from the United Nations.

Police in Skiatook, Oklahoma arrested an employee at a fast-food joint on Monday after he reportedly put a bag of methamphetamine in a customer’s to-go order.

Multiple Russian rocket launchers have been reportedly spotted being transported thousands of miles across Siberia.

The UK Ministry of Defense confirmed Russian forces using thermobaric or vacuum bombs in Ukraine after the United Nations reported they have seen videos.

Following the April 1986 disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Russia has since seized Europe's largest nuclear power station in Ukraine after it was hit by shelling, which resulted in a fire that ravage the Zaporizhzhia plant, Ukrainian officials said. Fortunately, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog said radiation levels and the safety of reactors were not affected. 

On Wednesday, Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich revealed his intentions to sell Chelsea Football Club, which ends his nearly 20-year ownership of the club. He said the sale is in the best interest of the squad, fans, staff, sponsors, and partners amid political pressure for the British government to sanction Russian billionaires.

Canadian pop superstar Justin Bieber is shelving his “Justice World Tour” for the third time amid a growing number of COVID-19 cases within his tour crew. The announcement came shortly after his first show in San Diego at Pechanga Arena as part of his 90-date global run.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's children Archie, 2, and Lilibet, 8 months, may get a visit from cousins Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis, the children of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, with this year’s global environmental Earthshot Prize to be held in America.

Porn star from Afghanistan,, Yasmeena Ali slams the Taliban and talks about her dad's murder plot against her in 2020.

This marks the second year the Queen Elizabeth has canceled the holiday family luncheon after tougher restrictions were put in place amid the concerning surge of the Delta variant last year.

The couple was part of the 61 passengers who arrived on two flights last Friday that had tested positive for COVID-19.

Former Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens took advantage of his police warrant card and Britain’s COVID-19 lockdown rules to lure 33-year-old marketing executive Sarah Everard off the street before her brutal rape and murder, a sentencing court heard on Wednesday.

China claims that the move by the three countries in the Indo-Pacific is intensifying the arms race.

The 90-second video footage led Surrey Police officers to identify and locate the driver behind the wheel of the Land Rover, which was a local 17-year-old resident.

An unnamed British family is currently stuck in Afghanistan after they were forcibly evicted from a plane during the evacuation process.

South African scientists have issued a stern warning as a new coronavirus variant has been detected, noting it can be worse than the already highly transmissible Delta virus strain that's currently wreaking havoc across the globe.

Gemma Barton was halfway eating her Dominos pizza when she discovered that it had extra toppings in the form of a iron nut and bolt

Horrifying reports of Taliban atrocities out of Afghanistan continue to jolt the world as Afghans and Western nationals caught in the crossfire scramble to flee the chaos, which seemingly puts in vain the multimillion-dollar campaign to fight extremism in the country for the past 20 years.

A "controlling" husband allegedly killed his wife by pouring gasoline over her head and setting her ablaze in North-West London.

Data provided by UK regulators showed 411 cases of VITT after the first AstraZeneca jab and 43 reported cases after the second dose.

The woman, who worked late shifts, alleged that she suspected them of encroaching her garden area since the onset of sunny weather.