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Keir Starmer's communications chief, Tim Allan, resigned on Monday, saying he was making way for a new team to be built to support the British leader who is under fire over his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States. Allan's departure comes just a ​day after Starmer's closest aide, Morgan McSweeney, resigned saying he took responsibility for pushing the appointment of Mandelson, whose close links to late ‍sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have raised questions about Starmer's judgment and his ability to govern.

New US Maritime Administration advisory comes after first round of indirect talks between Washington and Tehran.

Foster carer Louise Allen says the problem isn’t the children, it’s the system.

More than 90 flood warnings are in place covering south-west and south-east England, London and south Wales.

For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind them. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in COVID times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy.

Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is set to be questioned behind closed doors by the US congress. Born into a life of privilege, Maxwell was the youngest daughter of British media tycoon Robert Maxwell. She went on to work for her father and became a well-known socialite, but her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein would eventually lead to her arrest in 2020. A year later she was found guilty of conspiring with Epstein to sexually abuse minors and sentenced to 20-years behind bars.

Japanese stocks soared to record highs Monday after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's election triumph, but experts warned that the country's first woman leader could struggle to keep both voters and markets happy.

A white supremacist who killed 51 Muslim worshippers at two mosques in New Zealand in 2019 said on Monday that he was irrational when he pleaded guilty, as he sought to ⁠overturn his conviction.

Valentine's Day often comes with more pressure than it needs to. At heart, though, February 14th is about showing appreciation for the people you care about in ways that feel thoughtful and sincere. And while big displays of romance can do that, it's often the quieter, more personal gestures - or a meaningful gift that […]

US Vice President JD Vance on Monday arrived in Armenia ahead of a planned visit to Azerbaijan as Washington seeks to consolidate the peace agreement it brokered between the two countries and advance a transit corridor project.

Cuba on Monday implemented new emergency measures designed to save fuel in response to the energy blockade imposed by the United States which is having a severe impact on the daily lives of Cubans. Havana also warned ​international airlines that jet fuel will no longer be available from Tuesday.

On February 9, an armed #gang blew up and set fire to an armoured van on the Lecce–Brindisi motorway, southern #Italy, with shots exchanged with police but no injuries reported.

"SpaceX has already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon."

Yes, the wedding ceremony during Bad Bunny's historic Super Bowl half-time show - the first where a headliner performed entirely in Spanish - was genuine.

Can we pander to MAHA, re-litigate COVID, and improve science at the same time?

The house in the Vale of Glamorgan made famous by Uncle Bryn is on the market for £210,000.

Imagine designing a society without knowing your role in it. Would you still choose the inequality we live with today? Eve Irvine welcomes Kate Pickett, Author and Professor of Epidemiology at the University of York. Her work as a social epidemiologist concludes that inequality is not just unfair, it has real-life, even deadly, consequences. It erodes trust, wellbeing, education, and even the length of our lives. We already have the answers. What we lack is the will to act. This book, The Good Society, is a call to collective courage, to choose policies that prioritize human flourishing, over GDP, a focus on designing equity.

Keir Starmer's communications chief, Tim Allan, resigned on Monday, with the British leader under fire over his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States. Allan's departure comes just a day after Starmer's closest aide, Morgan McSweeney, also resigned saying he took responsibility for pushing the appointment of Mandelson, whose close links to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have raised questions about Starmer's judgment and his ability to govern. Starmer is now "clearly in danger of losing his job as UK prime minister", says France 24's London correspondent Bénédicte Paviot.

Continuing revelations from the Epstein Files create challenges for both the Royal Family and the government.

Team GB's Mia Brookes finishes just outside the medals in the women's snowboard big air final, taking fourth after an ambitious final jump.

Police have reportedly used pepper spray and tear gas as thousands of people held protests in Australia over the visit of Israeli president Isaac Herzog.

Ferrari released the first interior images of the company's first all-electric supercar, called the Ferrari Luce ("light" in Italian). This is the second time the Italian automaker has teased the Luce (formerly Elettrica) without showing us the actual car, or even a silhouette. But the interior images should suffice given the bold-faced name of the […]

The head of the main reformist coalition, Azar Mansouri, is said to be among those held a month after security forces crushed nationwide protests.

Their lawyers fear the notices are merely the first step toward the removal without due process of Somali asylum applicants in the country.

With celebrity cameos and cultural nods, Bad Bunny’s show highlighted Latino identity and resilience on a world stage.