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.

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

The statement came a day after US President Donald Trump said only 21 of 24 hostages believed alive had survived.

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

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 ...

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 ...

Industry leaders gathered in London to call on the Government to scrap plans that would allow AI firms to use creative content without permission.

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

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

The country’s new Chancellor Friedrich Merz had vowed to toughen the country’s migration policy during his election campaign.

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 ...

A Cheshire East councillor is calling on the audit and governance committee to look at the decision-making process which has led to the ...