Lebanon’s parliament has voted to elect the country’s army commander Joseph Aoun as head of state, filling a more than ...

NHS England has published its latest monthly performance data for hospitals, along with this week’s snapshot of winter virus ...

Taiwan demonstrated its sea defences against a potential Chinese attack on Thursday as tensions rise with Beijing, part of a ...

Thousands of firefighters were attempting to contain the original Palisades fire, which has burnt nearly 16,000 acres.

The US president was scheduled to leave for Italy after giving the eulogy for former president Jimmy Carter at his funeral in ...

Lucy Powell said postponement will only be considered if it will help to deliver devolution in ‘the most ambitious timeframe possible’.

The intensity of US President-elect Donald Trump’s rhetoric and his unpredictability can be “destabilising”, Foreign Secretary David Lammy said. Mr Lammy also criticised Elon Musk, a key Trump ally, ...

The number of pupils in England off school without permission increased ahead of the Christmas holidays, figures suggest. Data from the Department for Education (DfE) shows that the unauthorised ...

The yield on gilts is a proxy for the effective interest rate on public borrowing – meaning that rising yields equal higher borrowing costs.

Shares plunged as boss Stuart Machin also cautioned of an ‘uncertain’ economic picture, taking the shine off bumper Christmas trading.

A celebrity osteopath who has pleaded guilty to three counts of voyeurism is under further police investigation after the discovery of more recording devices, a court has heard.

The Prime Minister will be ‘guided by the victims’, his official spokesman said, following a Commons showdown over a new inquiry.