A strong 6.3 earthquake off Ecuador’s Pacific coast has shaken the northern part of the country, with some initial reports of damage to houses. No injuries have been reported so far.

The seating plan for international leaders at the funeral of Pope Francis is a delicate effort in diplomacy. It has been described as a “master plan” in stage-managing the “big egos” of world leaders ...

Luigi Mangione has pleaded not guilty to a federal murder charge in the killing of UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson as prosecutors in the US formally declared their intent to seek the ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has condemned anti-indigenous rights protesters who disrupted two Anzac Day dawn ...

Some 250,000 mourners paid their respects to Pope Francis over a three-day lying-in-state, the Vatican said on the eve of his funeral. World leaders and dignitaries were arriving in Rome on Friday, to ...

Dame Andrea Jenkyns, who served as a minister in the last Conservative government, is standing as Reform’s candidate in the Lincolnshire mayoralty.

Rachel Reeves met Scott Bessent on Friday, after saying Britain’s relationship with the EU is ‘arguably even more important’ than with the US.

Scott McSeveney and Steven Lawson, both from Shotts, were both sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow on Friday.

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander announced she is prepared to support the expansion of Gatwick airport if the project is adjusted.

The Government “is not for bending” on net zero, Ed Miliband has said as he urged opponents of the policy to “bring on the fight”. Speaking at the end of an international energy security summit in ...

The World Food Programme (WFP) has said its food stocks in Gaza have run out under Israel’s nearly eight-week blockade, ending a main source of sustenance for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in ...