US President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of Pete Hegseth to lead the Pentagon is under pressure as senators weigh a series of ...

A Japanese court has sentenced an Australian woman to six years in prison for smuggling amphetamines into the country – ...

Nato Secretary-General Mark Rutte has led a fresh push for European countries to ramp up defence spending, a budget shortfall ...

For the second year in a row, Taylor Swift has been named Spotify’s most-played artist, with more than 26.6 billion streams.

The Queen warmly embraced France’s first lady at a literary award ceremony, as she continues her recovery from pneumonia.

The seven celebrities will hit the road from January 17 to perform 30 dazzling shows across the country until February 9.

The former chair of BBC Children in Need has claimed she was “thrown under the bus” for being a “whistleblower” on grants given to a transgender youth charity.

An Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip has killed at least five people, including four children, Palestinian medics said.

Boris Johnson accused Sir Keir Starmer of misleading Parliament in a row over the former prime minister’s partygate fine. Sir Keir and Tory leader Kemi Badenoch clashed at Prime Minister’s Questions ...

Perhaps the most epochal event in recent South Korean political history – and one many people will be thinking of as Mr Yoon ...

Holyrood’s Finance Secretary has said her Budget for the coming year “offers hope for Scotland’s future”. Speaking as she unveiled her tax and spending plans for 2025-26 to MSPs on Wednesday afternoon ...

MasterChef presenter John Torode has said he “loves being part of” the programme and “will continue to be a part of it” after Gregg Wallace stepped back from the show amid an investigation into ...