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An affiliate of the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide bombing inside a Shiite mosque on the outskirts of Pakistan’s capital that killed 31 people and wounded 169 others

Amanda Seyfried says her new movie role has helped her “find her voice” after becoming a mother.

Everything you need to know ahead of the Six Nations clash

Everything you need to know ahead of the round one clash

The circumstances around Brook’s fateful night out in New Zealand are now being investigated by the Cricket Regulator

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: No one was cooler at the turn of the millennium than the teenage star of ‘American Beauty’ and ‘Ghost World’. And then she was gone. As she returns with a haunting role in Kristen Stewart’s ‘The Chronology of Water’, she speaks to Adam White about early fame,…

Fast food chains are figuring out how to respond to the ‘drastic’ drop in calories being consumed by Americans, Rhian Lubin reports

‘Gratitude isn’t just a list, it’s noticing what’s already in front of you’ says confidence expert Jules von Hep

IN FOCUS: The former Little Mix star is the subject of a new Amazon Prime documentary. Roisin O’Connor finds much to admire in the first episode, which offers genuine insights about her life after leaving one of the UK’s biggest pop groups