The United States built the canal in the early 1900s as it looked for ways to facilitate the transit of commercial and military vessels.

Sir Mark Rowley, who heads the country’s largest police force, has previously warned of ‘eye-watering’ cuts to the force’s spending ...

A former RAF pilot who launched a charity which flies humanitarian aid to isolated communities has died, with his wife paying tribute to him having “lavished 103 years of love” into the world.

Israel has released 110 Palestinian prisoners after eight hostages in the Gaza Strip were freed by Hamas-led militants earlier in the day. It was a sometimes chaotic process that briefly called the ...

The former head of a South African arts festival has been appointed chief executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society. Tony Lankester joins the society from Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, ...

Mr Trump blamed previous administrations’ efforts to promote diversity at federal agencies for contributing to the crash.

A man whose father, brother and sister died “in dreadful circumstances” has told MPs their sympathy “only goes so far” as he urged them to get on with the process to legalise assisted dying.

Kate celebrated becoming patron of Ty Hafan children’s hospice in South Wales by visiting the centre where she did not unveil a plaque but contributed to a wall of handprints from youngsters and their ...

Channel 4 chief executive Alex Mahon has said the UK media industry must avoid becoming an “American news swamp” where young people get their news from unregulated platforms such as social media.

Nasa’s two stuck astronauts have taken their first spacewalk together, exiting the International Space Station almost eight months after moving in.

Bank of Scotland in Colquhoun Square has been earmarked to shut on March 5 next year, leaving the town without any bank branches.

A children's hospice in Balloch is devastated after Storm Éowyn caused £60,000 worth of damage in its gardens.