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In the chaotic first week of the Covid pandemic, El Salvador paid an offshore company US$27 million to provide milk powder for its hungry citizens –– but the shell firm overcharged and under-delivered, pocketing $7 million, a government audit found.

Elon Musk is far from the only American billionaire actively supporting Donald Trump’s bid to return to the White House.

The murders of about a dozen people in the northern Mexico state of Sinaloa appear to be linked to cartel infighting, something authorities had feared would follow the July 25 detention of two top cartel leaders.

A man was sentenced to 12 years and 6 months for using an encrypted device to supply cocaine, cannabis, and firearms.

The new variant of the mpox virus is spreading rapidly worldwide, prompting Asian nations to strengthen border controls, while the UK and EU borders remain lax.

The NSPCC finds the surge in reports of child physical punishment alarming and calls for law reforms in England and Northern Ireland in line with rest of UK.

Sir Paul Nurse puts forward for role never held by a woman.

UK oil and gas companies have voiced serious concerns over government proposals to increase windfall taxes and remove investment incentives.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ), said it had "inherited a justice system in crisis".

In April, child benefit claims rose by 16% following a government decision to increase the income thresholds for eligibility. The changes, announced in the March Budget, allow more parents to claim benefits and have reminded others to apply.

Officers are having to cancel appointments with victims and delay arrests as they are routinely diverted to police other events including football matches.

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh supports leaving decisions on 20mph zones and other road safety measures to local authorities, backing away from previous government efforts to centralize control.

Bayesian superyacht is an "unsinkable" vessel, said Giovanni Costantino, CEO of The Italian Sea Group.

Amount paid to 15 firms and two barristers chambers since 2014 is almost equal to payouts for victims

Agency says foreign gangs not safe from prosecution in UK and plans new recording label to track extent of the crime

US fast-food firm to open more than 200 restaurants as part of £1bn plan that will focus on high street locations

A law student who fell to her death from a hotel balcony in Ibiza has been pictured.

A 40-year-old Zambian national, who was apprehended on Sunday after landing at South Africa’s OR Tambo International Airport, has been identified as a key player in a transnational organized crime syndicate involved in kidnapping, ransom, and crystal meth distribution in the country.

Nigerian authorities arrested a man attempting to smuggle 88 wraps of cocaine, weighing 1.7 kilograms, in his stomach from Abuja, the Nigerian capital, to Vietnam.

Police reported that when the driver tried to stop his van from being stolen, the suspect sped off, leaving the victim partially hanging from the passenger door of the vehicle.

Robert Jenrick has said he would be "delighted" to include Boris Johnson in his shadow cabinet if he won the Tory leadership contest.

Police have identified the mother and three children who died in a tragic Bradford house fire, suspected to be a domestic incident. A 39-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

David Daintree, 53, was found dead after ambulances and police were called.