The strikes included one attack on a school sheltering hundreds of displaced Palestinians, which killed 27 people, officials ...

The wait for a new pope goes on after black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel following the first secret vote as the conclave began. A group of 133 cardinal electors began their behind-closed-doors ...

Russian air defences repelled an attack by nine drones close to the country’s capital, Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said.

Labour is facing a ‘battle for the very future and the heart and soul of our country’, Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden said.

US Vice President JD Vance has said Russia was “asking for too much” in its initial peace offer as the United States looks to bring about an end to the war in Ukraine.

A former Sinn Fein official who was murdered after being revealed to be an informer was thrown ‘to the wolves’ by security services, Gerry ...

MPs have rejected a bid to force public authorities to record sex data purely based on biological sex, amid concerns it would lead to the “mass outing of trans people”. The Conservatives had put ...

A new documentary giving a “raw and unfiltered view” of TV chef Heston Blumenthal’s life following his bipolar diagnosis has been commissioned by the BBC.

It is becoming “increasingly difficult” for the Stormont Executive to mitigate decisions being made at Westminster, Northern Ireland’s Finance Minister has said. John O’Dowd said decisions, such as ...

Judge Arun Subramanian granted a request by lawyers on Wednesday for extra time to decide who they will eliminate from the list of ...

Comic Relief co-founders Sir Lenny Henry and Richard Curtis have said they feel “deeply honoured” to accept a philanthropy award recognising the charity’s efforts to address inequality and poverty.

A superintendent said she could not comment on why an invasive search of the Satchwells’ Cork home was not carried out in 2017.