Admiral Sir Tony Radakin met senior US defence officials alongside other European military chiefs in Washington DC on Wednesday.

A local council in Northern Ireland has started a probe into a hotel being used to house asylum seekers. Antrim and Newtownabbey Council confirmed that an enforcement investigation has commenced. It ...

The BBC is “not institutionally antisemitic”, the Observer’s editor-in-chief said following a row over the broadcaster’s coverage of the conflict in Gaza. James Harding said the perception of a ...

Hope has been expressed that the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) can deliver truth and accountability around the Shankill bomb. Two men bereaved in the ...

The ruling came after the judge presiding over the case against Ghislaine Maxwell also turned down the government’s request.

A flotilla of hundreds of historic ships is heading into Amsterdam, kicking off a five-day festival celebrating the Dutch ...

Ships from all over the world, many with their masts and rigging decorated with flags, sailed from the North Sea coastal town of IJmuiden on an hours-long journey up the North Sea Canal and into ...

MSP Colin Smyth has been arrested and charged in connection with possession of indecent images, prompting his suspension from Scottish Labour. The South Scotland MSP was arrested on Tuesday and is due ...

A bus crash in north-western Afghanistan has killed at least 79 people returning from Iran – including 19 children, an official said. Two people were also injured in the crash, Ministry of Interior ...

Fijiana coach Ioan Cunningham has challenged his side to ‘continue their growth’ as they prepare for their Women’s Rugby World Cup opener.

England coach John Mitchell insists the favourites tag won't bother his side as they start their Rugby World Cup campaign ...

Geoff Aberdein, who worked for former first minister Alex Salmond, hit out at his successor over comments made in her newly published memoirs.