Lord Lamont of Lerwick warned that a rival payments system would be a ‘major threat to the Western-led financial system’ if ...

Syrian armed groups have launched a large-scale attack on areas controlled by government forces, setting off fierce clashes ...

Mr Putin said that over the past two days Russia had fired 100 missiles and 466 drones at Ukraine, saying they were a ...

Seven people have died in a landslide triggered by torrential rains in Indonesia’s Sumatra island, officials said, adding to ...

Nearly 25 million people are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, according to development minister Anneliese Dodds.

The prosecutions, brought by Northern Rail and TransPennine Express, were declared ‘null and void’ during a hearing at ...

The ONS publishes an initial estimate of net migration before 12 months has passed, but this means it does not have a complete set of travel data and has to make assumptions about ...

Gregg Wallace will step away from presenting MasterChef while complaints made to the BBC about historical allegations of misconduct are investigated.

The results showed a five-year downward trend in the number of people saying they were always able to get help from staff during labour and birth.

Former soldier Daniel Khalife has been found guilty of breaching the Official Secrets and Terrorism Acts by collecting sensitive information and passing it to agents of Iran. The 23-year-old spy, who ...

Khalife, who grew up in south-west London, passed secret information to Iranian agents after joining the British Army.

A major trial to determine if an innovative 10-minute sponge test should be used to screen people with heartburn for oesophageal cancer has welcomed its first patients.