A town council in Canada is said to be at a standstill because of newly elected members refusing to pledge an oath of allegiance to the King.

The songwriter is to use his grant to buy an electro-mechanical predecessor of the synthesiser once used to create the sound of The Beatles.

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 ...

Ukraine’s parliament has cancelled a session after Russia deployed a new ballistic missile that threatens to escalate the nearly three-year war. Three Ukrainian legislators confirmed that the ...

A woman has admitted killing a seven-year-old boy in a “tragic case”, a court has heard. Louis Linse died in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, on January 10 this year. Papaipit Linse, 43, pleaded guilty ...

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper also said she feels stronger action is needed to tackle anyone working illegally in the UK.

A pair of pistols that were presented by Napoleon six weeks after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo are being sold at auction. They were made by Boutet of Versaillles (Paris) and bear the marks for ...

The airline said it will expand one of three existing maintenance bays at the site to facilitate its larger long-haul Airbus A350 aircraft.

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

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 ...

The UK has pledged £239 million in funding to help forest-rich nations tackle climate change as the UN climate summit reaches its final day.