UK interest rates have been left on hold as the Bank of England said it was keeping watch on a “highly unpredictable” world amid rising energy prices. The Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) ...

Israel, meanwhile, carried out strikes on Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor, its latest attack on the country’s sprawling ...

South Africa was under a declared state of national disaster on Thursday as the death toll from floods caused by severe rains in the Eastern Cape region rose to 92.

The 33-year-old said they had not pay to reserve seats because it was a short two-hour flight and they didn't mind if they didn't sit together ...

The hottest June temperature recorded in the UK is 35.6C, which was reached in Mayflower Park in Southampton on June 28 1976. The same temperature was also measured in Camden Square in north London on ...

Soroka Medical Centre in the southern city of Beersheba provides services to around one million residents in the south of Israel.

Violence remained “excessively high” across the prison estate last year driven by overcrowding, inadequate mental health support and a surge in drug use, an independent watchdog has warned.

Rhian Wilkinson hiked up Wales’ highest peak before delivering the names of 23 players determined to scale their own summit at Euro 2025. At 1,085 metres above sea level, climbing Yr Wyddfa in North ...

Tributes have been paid to Slane Castle’s Lord Henry Mount Charles, who has died aged 74. He died late on Wednesday after “a long and valiant” battle with cancer, his family said. Since 1981, the ...

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones said £6 billion a year would go to repairing hospitals and £3 billion to schools and colleges.

The storm was downgraded slightly before making landfall, from a Category 4 to a Category 3. While slightly reduced in power, Erick is still considered a major hurricane as a Category 3, which can ...

Ben Stokes insists Ollie Pope was never in danger of being dropped for this week’s opening Test against India, claiming it would be “remarkable” to leave his vice-captain out.