White House says Donald Trump has been briefed as US forces search for crew after jet shot down by armed forces this morning ...

For years this region was regarded as little more than a gateway from the North Island to the South. But spend several days there and you’ll ache to tear yourself away ...

Beau Dure has updates from Friday night’s NCAA women’s Final Four, where UConn face South Carolina and UCLA meet Texas ...

Ripple effects of oil and fertiliser shortage felt by farmers in India and Sri Lanka despite governments saying there is enough stock to go round ...

The NBA scoring leader was injured in Thursday’s loss to the Thunder and will miss the Lakers’ five remaining regular season games ...

Special instructions: Thirty-five six-letter words or phrases can be arranged to form a chain, the last three letters of one word giving the first three of the next. Fifteen of these clues include a ...

Coventry moved a step closer to promotion from the Championship after a 3-2 victory against Derby while Wrexham recovered to earn a draw at West Brom ...

Met police investigate incident, removing five officers from frontline duties after member of the public discovers items ...

Northampton held off ill-disciplined visitors Castres to win 49-41 in a thriller and reach the quarter-finals of the Champions Cup ...

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales ...

Pooh Shiesty among those accused of robbing and kidnapping three men after dispute involving record label ...

Democrat Tammy Duckworth writes letter to TSA calling on agency to reinstate the shoes-off airport security policy ...