Thirty-five people are missing, feared dead, after a Comet jet airliner crashed into the Mediterranean. The plane - a British Overseas Airways Corporation jet...

The Kray twins, Ronald and Reginald, are facing life sentences after being found guilty of murder at the Central Criminal Court. The jury deliberated for...

The most popular novelist in the world, Dame Agatha Christie, has died leaving rumours of a multi-million pound fortune and a final book waiting...

The French people have voted to grant Algeria its independence in a referendum. The result was a clear majority for self-determination, with 75% voting in...

1966: 117 die in Air India tragedy Up to 117 people have been killed after an Air India Boeing 707 crashed near the summit of...

Britain has strongly condemned the Iraqi authorities over the execution of The Observer journalist Farzad Bazoft in Baghdad. Mr Bazoft - who came to live...

Iraq has attacked two Israeli cities with Scud missiles, prompting fears that Israel may be drawn into the Gulf War. Israel's largest city, Tel Aviv,...

The body of Lesley Whittle, the 17-year-old heiress kidnapped from her Shropshire home 52 days ago, has been found at the bottom of a...

James Earl Ray has been jailed for 99 years by a court in Memphis, Tennessee, after admitting he carried out the murder of the...

Indira Gandhi, only daughter of India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, is to become the country's next leader. She was chosen at the end of...

On This Date 1788 - The first European settlers in Australia landed in present-day Sydney. 1802 - Congress passed an act calling for a library to...

King Faisal of Saudi Arabia has died after a gun attack in Riyadh despite the efforts of doctors to save him. The king was rushed...