Sir Keir Starmer has met Xi Jinping in Beijing, telling the president he wants a “more sophisticated” relationship with China. The Prime Minister met Mr Xi at the Great Hall of the People on the first ...

Artwork for a mural dedicated to a Scottish missionary who was murdered by the Nazis after caring for Jewish schoolgirls in Budapest has been unveiled. Jane Haining was the matron of the Scottish ...

President Donald Trump acted to take out a major US national security threat with the operation to depose Maduro, said the ...

The US has moved the USS Abraham Lincoln and several guided missile destroyers into the region, which can be used to launch ...

Household water bills across England and Wales will rise by an average of 5.4% from April, the industry has confirmed. The increase – which equates to £33 a year for the average household – is two ...

Strokes in the UK will rise by almost 42% without concerted action to reduce people’s risk, a leading charity has warned. New estimates released by the Stroke Association suggest that there will be ...

A deal new will provide for joint UK-Chinese law enforcement operations aimed at preventing gangs smuggling people across the Channel.

The Prime Minister insisted his deal to hand over the islands to Mauritius had the US president’s blessing, despite his subsequent criticism.

A cast of stars joined the King to see the first film to premiere in a royal residence. Actors including Benedict Cumberbatch, Sir Kenneth Branagh, Dame Judi Dench and Stanley Tucci were among 222 ...

The mother of a student who took his own life after wrongly being told he had failed his degree says there must be a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into his death. Tracy Scott, the mother of Ethan Scott ...

Some businesses in Enniscorthy have said it could take ‘three weeks’ to recover after the flooding brought by Storm Chandra.