Amy Coney Barrett, US President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, is to go before the Senate Judiciary Committee for what could be a fiery confirmation hearing over the next four d... Read more

Bangladesh is to introduce the death penalty for rape cases, following days of protests about the country’s high level of sexual violence against women. Law Minister Anisul Haq told th... Read more

New local lockdown rules for England are due to be announced later. The Liverpool City Region is expected to face the tightest restrictions under a new “three-tier” system, which... Read more

US President Donald Trump has completed his course of treatment for Covid-19 and can return to public engagements this weekend, his physician has said. Dr Sean Conley said the president had... Read more

US President Donald Trump has refused to take part in a virtual TV debate with his Democratic rival Joe Biden. The commission organising the debate in Miami on 15 October had earlier said it... Read more

Two ex-British Islamic State (IS) prisoners are travelling to the US to appear in court later over the killing of Western hostages, CBS News said. Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh are a... Read more

Finland may frequently top lists for gender equality, But Prime Minister Sanna Marin has taken the fight to end the gender gap one step further and let a 16-year-old girl fill her seat for t... Read more

After a trial lasting more than five years, the leadership of Greece’s neo-Nazi party has been convicted of running a criminal organisation. Big crowds gathered outside the court in At... Read more

American reggae and pop singer-songwriter Johnny Nash, best known for the 1972 hit I Can See Clearly Now, has died aged 80, his family has said. Nash, whose health had been in decline, died... Read more

Covid-19 is spreading further among those around US President Donald Trump, with White House adviser Stephen Miller and a top military official infected. Mr Miller, who has been self-isolati... Read more

Tributes have been paid to Eddie Van Halen, the revered guitarist and co-founder of rock band Van Halen, following his death at the age of 65. Kiss singer Gene Simmons remembered him as a... Read more

The Church of England failed to protect children from sexual abuse, and created a culture where abusers “could hide”, a report has concluded. The Independent Inquiry into Child S... Read more