Qatar has decided to suspend its key mediation efforts between Hamas and Israel, officials said. However, Qatar is highly ...

In July, Israeli air strikes hit a girls’ school in Gaza’s central city of Deir al-Balah, killing at least 30 people ...

A GAME of two halves. Leading by two goals at the interval, Sunderland were pegged back by managerless Coventry City as their lead at the top of the table was trimmed to two points. With the Black ...

A shed for bats that is costing more than £100 million is the “tip of the iceberg” in the “failure” of HS2’s delivery, Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has said. Ms Haigh has said that the “shocking ...

Ice Age 6 is in development with returning cast members including Simon Pegg and Queen Latifah. Disney announced the news at its D23 Brazil event and posted a video to YouTube of US actor Ray Romano ...

US President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump will meet on Wednesday in the Oval Office, the White House has said. Such a postelection meeting is traditional between the outgoing president ...

The funeral of Scottish comedian Janey Godley will take place on November 30 as part of a two-day “final tour” of the cities she loved, her daughter has said. Godley died on November 2 aged 63 after ...

Nigel Farage has said he could be “useful as an interlocutor” between the Labour Government and Donald Trump. The Reform UK leader said he has “a great relationship” with the US president-elect and ...

An Israeli air strike on the southern port city of Tyre has left at least seven dead, among them five siblings, three of whom were deaf and mute, officials said. The rise in Tyre’s death toll came as ...

Anxious council leaders have urged the government to deliver the pledged £73 million transport funding for County Durham after months of delays.

We asked an artificial intelligence tool to plan a day out at Beamish Museum for £35, here's how it went. The open-air period museum, which documents life in the North East from the 1820s to the 1950s ...

A North East celebrity and X Factor winner brought a touch of festive excitement to the launch of a popular Christmas ice rink. Joe McElderry opened the Life Science Centre's outdoor ice rink in Times ...