Rockets fired at Kabul airport ‘intercepted by missile defence system’ – US official

Multiple rockets fired at Kabul airport have been intercepted by a missile defence system, a US official has told Reuters news agency.

Ida packs a long, lingering punch – 16 years to the day after Katrina

It was a day many in New Orleans had planned to spend commemorating the terrible cost of Hurricane Katrina exactly 16 years ago.

Gove gets into the groove: Clubgoers stunned as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster hits the dancefloor

Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove has been filmed busting some dance moves at a nightclub in Aberdeen.

‘It was like The Jungle Book’: 10ft python rescued from tree in Cambridgeshire

A 10ft python first spotted slithering across a road in Cambridgeshire by a passing motorcyclist has been recaptured in a scene compared to the Disney film The Jungle Book.

UK’s Afghanistan exit branded a ‘humiliation’ by senior Tory MP – as final military jet returns home

The UK's evacuation from Afghanistan has been branded a "humiliation" by a senior Tory MP and ex-soldier, who told Sky News there were a "litany of concerns" in the government's handling of it that...

Pen Farthing has ‘mixed emotions’ after landing in UK with animals – but without his staff

A former Royal Marine who founded an animal shelter in Afghanistan has expressed "mixed emotions" after landing in the UK with nearly 170 dogs and cats.