The government of Iran’s Western-backed shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and his wife, the former Empress Farah Pahlavi, built the museum and acquired the vast collection in the late 1970s, when oil ...

British retailers saw sales fall last month on the back of uncertainty before the autumn Budget, according to official figures. Clothing stores had a particularly weak month, with industry data ...

Activity across the UK’s private sector contracted in the first weeks of November, amid a slump in business optimism and in the period following the Budget. The S&P Global flash UK composite ...

Frustrations intensified at Cop29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, where countries are polarised over a deal on paying poorer nations climate finance.

Irish police would arrest Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he arrived in Ireland, the country’s premier has said. It comes after the International Criminal Court issued warrants were for ...

The Six Nations champions have made an unconvincing start to the autumn, scraping a 22-19 victory over Argentina after a 23-13 defeat to New Zealand.

The Home Secretary has signalled her backing for proposals to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill people ahead of a Commons vote next week.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has denounced the International Criminal Court’s issuing of an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu, saying he would defy it by inviting the Israeli leader to ...

Police in Laos have detained the manager and owner of a hostel in connection with the death of six people from suspected methanol poisoning, including a British lawyer. Simone White, 28, from ...

A second Australian teenager has died after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos, her family said. Holly Bowles, 19, had been in a critical condition in hospital in Bangkok for days following the ...

Seven-month-old Elle Doherty died after being attacked by the family’s Belgian Malinois dog at her Coventry home in June.

Federal police in Brazil say they have indicted former president Jair Bolsonaro and 36 other people on charges of attempting ...