The death toll in Iran’s bloody crackdown on nationwide anti-government protests has reached at least 5,002, activists said. They warned that many more are feared dead as the most comprehensive ...

TikTok has finalised a deal to keep operating in the US, securing its future in the country after it faced the threat of a nationwide ban. The popular video-sharing app has established a new majority ...

Heavy rain has led to road closures and affected rail travel in some parts of the country as weather warnings remain in place. A Met Office yellow alert for rain in Perth and Kinross, the Stirling ...

Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s first female prime minister, has seen strong approval ratings since she took office three months ago.

The Office for National Statistics said the total volume of retail sales is estimated to have risen by 0.4 in December.

A MUSSELBURGH man has admitted shouting threats of violence towards an employee at an Edinburgh supermarket.

Donald Trump’s U-turn over his threats to annex Greenland was due to the UK and Europe expressing their “displeasure”, David Lammy has said. The US president had threatened to impose tariffs on ...

Parts of northern Scotland have faced flooding as Met Office weather warnings for rain remain in force, with three people rescued from their vehicles.

GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index increased by one point to minus 16, marking 10 years since the barometer was ...

The Queen’s Reading Room has unveiled plans for its second major research project, deepening understanding of the benefits of shared reading.

Donald Trump has provoked outrage among MPs and veterans after claiming Nato troops stayed away from the front line in Afghanistan. The US president made his comments in an interview with Fox News in ...

Andrew Gwynne said on Thursday he would stand down as MP for Gorton and Denton citing ‘significant ill health’.