Millions of beleaguered commuters heading back to work today are facing eye-watering season ticket hikes of up to £2,500 – despite their trains continuing to be delayed and cancelled. Average ticket prices across Britain have gone up by 3.4 per cent today – with rail commuters paying up to £2,500 more for a season ticket to…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Clashes overnight between protesters and security forces in Iran killed nine people, state television reported Tuesday, including some rioters who tried to storm a police station to steal weapons. The demonstrations, the largest to strike Iran since its disputed 2009 presidential election, have seen six days of unrest across the country…

Bridgewater Associates executive Bruce Steinberg and his family were among 10 Americans killed when a charter plane crashed into a mountain in Costa Rica on Sunday. “The Bridgewater family lost Bruce Steinberg (a senior investor at Bridgewater and a wonderful man) and his family,” Ray Dalio, the founder of the Westport, Connecticut-based hedge fund, said…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption There are only two North Korean athletes who qualify for this year’s Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang South Korea has offered high level talks with North Korea on 9 January to discuss its possible participation in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. It comes after the North’s leader Kim Jong-un said…

The new year started with a stunning supermoon as the rare ‘Wolf Moon’ lit up the New Year sky. The supermoon appeared on New Year’s Day, as the lunar cycle and calendar cycle aligned for a rare astronomical treat. Following on from December’s supermoon , two were set to appear in January. The first full…

The Bulldogs climbed back from a 14-point halftime deficit to outlast the Sooners in a back-and-forth semifinal affair.

Neues Jahr, neues Glück – vielleicht auch für die beiden am meisten geforderten Parteichefs, Angela Merkel, CDU, und Martin Schulz, SPD? Kann schon sein, ja. Wenn eben diese beiden verstehen, worin ihr Glück bestehen könnte. Sowohl Merkel, die seit zwölf Jahren regierende und inzwischen seit vielen Wochen geschäftsführende Kanzlerin, als auch Martin Schulz, der knapp…

Cross recorded 20 checkouts out of 34 attempts in the final, while Taylor managed 10 from 22Debutant Rob Cross sealed the PDC World Championship title as 16-time champion Phil Taylor’s final appearance ended in a 7-2 defeat at Alexandra Palace. Cross, 27, who only turned professional at the start of 2017, hit a 167 to…