AFPThe UK's Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) is launching an appeal to help the thousands of people injured and displaced as a result of last week's powerful earthquake which struck Myanmar and the wider region.Made up of 15 UK aid...

Trevor Lock, the policeman who was taken hostage in a siege on the Iranian embassy in 1980, has died aged 85, his daughter has confirmed.PC Lock was freed along with 24 other hostages after a six-day stand-off between members...

The Lithuanian army says it is searching for four US soldiers missing for two days during drills in the Baltic state amid reports they had died.The four soldiers and their tracked vehicle had gone missing on Tuesday afternoon near...

Reuters Flights around the world have been disrupted after Heathrow Airport closed due to a fire at a nearby electrical substation. Heathrow, the UK's busiest airport, said it was experiencing "significant" disruption after the blaze at North Hyde substation in Hayes,...