The former foreign secretary will become shadow housing secretary, the BBC understands.

Jurors find Howard Phillips wanted to pass on details about ex-defence secretary Sir Grant Shapps.

Bangladesh is probing embezzlement tied to former regime families. The UK's NCA froze millions in assets, including those of Saifuzzaman Chowdhury and the Rahman family.

The monthly cost of renting rose just as fast as mortgage increases over the last three years, figures show.

The British and Irish Lions survive a huge scare in Melbourne but preserve their winning run in Australia with a hard-fought 24-19 win over First Nations and Pasifika XV.

Iran faces its hottest week with temperatures above 50°C as authorities urged water conservation and declared emergency holidays.

A shocking scandal in Gansu province, China, has led to the detention of six individuals after hundreds of kindergarten children were poisoned by lead-contaminated food. The kindergarten principal deliberately added industrial-grade lea ...more

The dam project along the Yarlung Zangbo river, which becomes the Brahmaputra in India and Bangladesh, has stirred concerns as the river is a lifeline for millions downstream

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Kyiv and Moscow will hold a third round of peace talks on July 23The talks will be held in Istanbul, a Turkish government spokesperson said, as previous negotiations failed to make a ...more

Senedd politician Laura Anne Jones has defected from the Tories to Reform, Nigel Farage announces.

In May 2025, the UAE released 81 falcons into the wild in Kazakhstan, marking 30 years of the Sheikh Zayed Falcon Release Programme. Rooted in Emirati cultural heritage, the initiative aims to restore endangered falcon populations throu ...more

Maria Farmer, the first to report Jeffrey Epstein, claimed she alerted law enforcement about Donald Trump in 1996 and 2006.

Households are trading down or making simpler meals to save money on groceries, research shows.

In Deir al-Balah, Israeli forces have intensified operations with heavy airstrikes and a ground incursion that killed at least 18 Palestinians at a flour distribution site, including aid police, amid a broader assault that has displaced ...more