Iran accuses the US of violating the truce, alleging it targeted an oil tanker and carried out attacks on coastal areas.

Instagram users will no longer be able to send ultra‑private direct messages, as the feature is switched off globally. The removal of end‑to‑end encryption (E2EE) on messages amounts to a major U‑turn ...

John Simpson, in discussion with the BBC’s unparalleled range of experts across the world, analyses the Iranian position in ...

Mayoral elections are also taking place in five boroughs - Croydon, Hackney, Lewisham, Newham and Tower Hamlets - with those ...

Dozens of councils and mayor's offices are up for grabs in England, while people in Scotland and Wales have been choosing who ...

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Oil prices rose on Friday morning trade in Asia after the US and Iran exchanged fire in the key Strait of Hormuz waterway.

Several of the papers report that a Home Office official has been found guilty of working for Chinese intelligence.

Three Australian women with links to the Islamic State (IS) group have been formally charged after returning home from Syria.

Rory McIlroy cards a first round of 70 at the Truist Championship as he starts his challenge for a a fifth career win at ...

At local elections councils can end up in no overall control (NOC) where no one party gets enough seats to declare themselves ...

All that is left is to tally up the ballots and find out who has won the Scottish Parliament election. With local strongholds ...