Taiwan demonstrated its sea defences against a potential Chinese attack on Thursday as tensions rise with Beijing, part of a ...

MPs heard the Conservatives ‘mothballed’ part of the scheme after scrapping plans to build a high-speed line between Birmingham and Manchester.

Mozambique’s main opposition leader has returned from self-imposed exile saying he still rejects the results of a disputed election last year that has sparked more than two months of protests and a ...

Large parts of the UK continue to face yellow weather warnings for snow and ice on Thursday, with another ‘very cold night’ expected.

Breast Cancer Now said olaparib will be an ‘valuable alternative’ for patients with a certain type of secondary breast cancer.

Temperatures in parts of Ireland dropped to minus 7.5C overnight while weather warnings remain in place. The lowest temperature was recorded by Met Eireann in Mullingar, Co Westmeath, in central ...

Andrew Snowden argued the number of people being charged with drug-driving could be increased with the use of new technology.

The prince issued rare written words expressing his love for the princess on the day she turned 43 after her cancer diagnosis last year.

The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) said capitalised major repairs – which include long-term refurbishments such as replacing a roof or stripping cladding from a building – rose by just under a ...

Shamima Begum will not be returning to the UK, David Lammy said following calls from Donald Trump’s incoming counter-terrorism chief for the repatriation of British members of so-called Islamic State ...

Eighteen assailants died and six were in custody, with one soldier killed and three wounded, after an attack on Chad’s presidential palace, state media have reported. The attack on Wednesday night ...

Two lynx which were illegally released in the Scottish Highlands have been successfully captured – with experts warning the creatures could have died if they had remained in the wild.