The US president can celebrate the passage of his bill, though the debate over its merits will continue, writes Anthony Zurcher.

The bill underlined the President's dominance over the Republican Party, which had been wracked by misgivings over a text that will balloon the national debt and gut health and welfare support.

The actor, a near-constant presence in Quentin Tarantino movies, is believed to have died of cardiac arrest.

U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has warned that China is preparing to use military force to upend the balance of power in Asia and has urged American allies to achieve "peace through strength"

The home secretary says the government accepts the high court’s ruling that an independent investigation should take place.

In April, Russia removed the Taliban from its list of banned terrorist organisations and has since invited them to official events

The FBI notice from 2024 said it was "believed that Mahmood Shah Habibi was taken by Taliban military or security forces"

A Massachusetts police officer, Kelsey Fitzsimmons, was shot during an armed confrontation while officers attempted to serve her with an abuse prevention restraining order requested by her fiancé. The firefighter fiancé expressed fear ...more

Iran is believed to hold around 20 European nationals, many of whose cases have never been publicised, in what some Western governments including France describe as a strategy of hostage-taking aimed at extracting concessions from the West

The title "Dalai Lama" is a combination of the Sino-Mongolian word dalai meaning "big sea" and the Tibetan word bla-ma meaning "guru, teacher"

The football world is mourning the death of Liverpool and Portugal forward Diogo Jota, aged 28, in a car crash.

The football world is mourning the death of Liverpool and Portugal forward Diogo Jota's death aged 28 in a car crash.

Reform UK surges ahead in polls as Farage eyes No.10, while Labour stumbles and Tories face collapse in historic power shift.