The opposition leader in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland won last week’s election, the electoral commission has said. Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi of the main opposition Waddani Party ...

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A mother accused of squeezing her baby to death has been cleared of murder. Laura Langley, 38, was alleged to have killed seven-week-old daughter Edith who collapsed at the family home in Blackpool, ...

Police must investigate so-called non-crime hate incidents so they do not miss “precursors to violence”, one of the UK’s most senior officers has said. Chairman of the National Police Chiefs’ Council ...

Ousted former MP David Duguid has thanked medical staff who aided his recovery after he left a spinal injuries clinic on foot. Mr Duguid suffered a spinal stroke in April, later contracting pneumonia ...

Germany’s defence minister said officials had to assume damage to two data cables under the Baltic Sea, one of which ends in Germany, was caused by sabotage — although he said they had no proof at ...

The Archbishop of York has said he does not consider himself a candidate to replace the Archbishop of Canterbury, who is quitting after a damning report into abuse cover-up in the Church of England.

And after hanging up his boots six years ago, the silky Bulgarian is now backing a new campaign that encourages fans to take ‘Extra Added Time’ for their mental health. The campaign, launched by ...

The eldest son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been arrested again, this time on suspicion of rape, police have said. Marius Borg Hoiby is the stepson of the heir to the Norwegian throne, ...