Russian President Vladimir Putin formally lowered the threshold for Russia’s use of its nuclear weapons on Tuesday, a move ...

Amos Hochstein’s arrival comes hours after an Israeli strike in central Beirut killed five people and wounded others.

The UN climate talks have been buoyed by the G20’s signal of support for a strong finance deal for poorer countries. A ...

The opposition leader in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland won last week’s election, the electoral commission has said ...

The BBC Radio 2 ultra endurance cycle challenge saw him travel through three nations and eight counties last week.

A children’s pension, personal pension, or someone else paying into your pension could all trigger extra tax relief payments of up to £720, experts have said. This could boost your pension pot in ...

The Health Secretary told the Commons he would ‘grip’ the issue of doctor substitution and transparency for patients.

Just hours later the ex-politicians and pro-democracy activists were sentenced to four to 10 years in prison in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case under a Beijing-imposed law that crushed the ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has declined to say which way he will vote on the assisted dying debate next week. He said he does not want to put pressure on other MPs by “indicating and adding to ...

GPs facing national insurance hikes have been told to “hold tight for funding allocations” by Health Secretary Wes Streeting. Calls have been made for GPs, dentists, hospices, care homes and ...

All pensioner households in Northern Ireland affected by cuts to winter fuel support are to receive a one-off payment of £100. Communities Minister Gordon Lyons said the payment would be made before ...

The Kremlin updated its weapons doctrine so that any large conventional attack on Moscow could meet the criteria for a nuclear response.