The scale of the fraud, which Truong My Lan was convicted of in April, had raised concerns about the country’s economy.

The strikes came after the Lebanese militant group fired a volley of projectiles as a warning over what it said were Israeli truce violations.

Staff at Colchester Zoo have welcomed the arrival of two critically endangered cubs. The amur leopards were born at the north Essex zoo during the early hours of November 24.

Toomaj Salehi had been sentenced to death by a Revolutionary Court but that was overturned after international criticism.

The son of a banker who was shot on his doorstep has said he still has nightmares about his father’s murder. Andrew Wilson, then aged four, saw his father Alistair lying in a pool of blood after he ...

Tens of thousands of people have been displaced, and both countries are preparing shelters and evacuation plans in anticipation of more heavy rain.

Ipswich Town attacker Jack Clarke hopes his first goal for the club could lead to many. The 24-year-old bagged 15 goals for Championship club Sunderland last season before joining the Blues in a £15m ...

The Chancellor has appointed Tom Hayhoe as Covid corruption commissioner to claw back taxpayers’ money wasted on deals during the pandemic. He has started a review of £8.7 billion worth of PPE bought ...

Three climbers from the US and Canada are missing after they failed to return from a planned ascent of New Zealand’s highest mountain, Aoraki, authorities said on Tuesday. The Americans – Kurt Blair, ...

A 21-year-old man from Eye in Suffolk has been given a three-year community order after he was caught with over 160 indecent images.

An electric bike that had been left locked up outside a pub in a coastal town was stolen by thieves. Police are seeking witnesses and are appealing for information in connection with the t heft of an ...

Three Irish authors have been nominated in the Nero Book Awards this year, including Donal Ryan, from County Tipperary, whose ...