North Korean leader to end missile test ban, claims state media
Kim Jong-un also unveils plans for a ‘new strategic weapon’ after brushoff from Trump North Korea is abandoning its moratoriums on nuclear ...
Let's resolve to reconnect, says Welby in new year message
Archbishop of Canterbury urges people to reach out to others and help build unity The archbishop of Canterbury will urge people to make per...
'Apocalyptic': New Zealand shrouded in smoke from Australian bushfires
Swathes of the South Island are affected by haze with the sky in places turning orange New Zealanders in the South Island of the country ha...
MoD proposed Russian membership of Nato in 1995, files reveal
Released papers expose ‘associate membership’ plan and Yeltsin’s drinking habits Russia could have become an “associate member” of Nato 25 ...
Papers reveal Anglo-French distrust before Srebrenica massacre
Archives show British PM was warned France may have made secret deal with Bosnian Serbs Days before the Srebrenica massacre in July 1995, J...
John Major aide blasted Foreign Office ‘camels’ over Israel trip, archive reveals
Papers shed light on wrangling over plans to visit Palestinian centre during PM’s 1995 tour Foreign Office “camels” and senior No 10 aides ...
Some of IRA's victims mistakenly killed as 'informers', files show
Government list includes some of most notorious cases from the Northern Ireland Troubles Some of the dozens of victims killed by the IRA fo...
Civil rights leader John Lewis has stage 4 pancreatic cancer
Democrat is ‘clear-eyed about the prognosis’ but plans to return to Washington soon Congressman John Lewis, the civil rights leader and Dem...
Elton John wins highest accolade in new year honours list
Musician recognised alongside stars of sport, politicians and hundreds of ordinary people Sir Elton John has received the highest acknowled...
Rail franchises should be scrapped to end ‘nightmare journeys’
Report argues for overhaul of rail system and devolution of commuter services to cities Rail franchises such as Northern and South Western ...
New York police boost patrols after suspected antisemitic attacks
Police have received at least eight reports since 13 December of attacks possibly propelled by anti-Jewish sentiment New York City is incre...
Coalition minister break ranks with government to call for volunteer firefighters to be paid
Darren Chester says he believes there should be payment for ‘one-off events’ or fire levy The call to pay volunteer firefighters facing ext...
Nearly a million Irish passports issued in record-breaking 2019
Total monthly applications exceeded 100,000 in January, March, April and May Almost a million Irish passports were issued in 2019, the coun...
Australian-British academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert on hunger strike in Iranian jail
Moore-Gilbert and fellow detainee Fariba Adelkhah are refusing food and water in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison An Australian academic bein...
Anti-Putin activist Ruslan Shaveddinov 'forcibly conscripted' and sent to Arctic
Opposition leader Alexei Navalny says 23-year-old is a ‘political prisoner’ after being taken to secret and remote air defence base Russian...
'It's just something I crave': a young Native American finds her home in rodeo
For some Native Americans – particularly those who belong to federally unrecognized tribes without reservations – rodeos offer a way to stay...
The Queen’s speech acknowledges 'bumpy' year and climate crisis in 2019 Christmas message – video
The Queen uses her annual Christmas message for 2019 to acknowledge a 'quite bumpy' path during a turbulent year for both the monar...
UK weather: Christmas Day bright though not white, says Met Office
Early frost and fog to give way to sunshine in most places, say forecasters, with rain and wind to follow on Boxing Day Those dreaming of a...
As the long bushfire battle goes on in northern NSW, a brief respite for Christmas lunch
Two hundred people gather in Wytaliba, where rain has brought relief, but also more concern for the long-term effects of the fires In the n...
Queen's Christmas message: '2019 has been quite bumpy'
Monarch could be referring to Boris Johnson’s proroguing of parliament, among other problems faced this year The Queen will use her Christm...