ISRAELI air strikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least eight people, including two children aged seven and nine and their parents, Palestinian officials said today.

UNITED NATIONS climate talks negotiators told to “cut the theatrics” as work resumed today to try to reach a deal for developing countries to get more money to spend on clean energy and adapting to ...

MINISTERS were urged to “cut the theatrics” at Cop29, after talks stalled as the UN climate summit entered its second week today. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband joined other government ministers for ...

WELSH nationalist party Plaid Cymru is demanding that Wales be given the same devolved powers as Scotland. The party says that while Holyrood has powers to decide and implement policies on transport, ...

HM Chief Inspector of Prisons found that the health service at Brook House centre in West Sussex is at “breaking point,” with ...

SENATORS in Australia yesterday voted to censure an indigenous colleague who yelled at King Charles III during a reception in Parliament House last month. The censure of independent Senator Lidia ...

FRENCH farmers took part in widespread protests today, targeting the European Union-Mercosur trade agreement. The farmers say ...

A freelance fashion assistant told the survey: “I’ve had shoes thrown at me, been told certain expenses will be covered and then had the client refuse to pay them. [I’ve worked] 16-hour days during ...

SCOTTISH Labour has urged the SNP Scottish government to save thousands of lives every year by matching England’s lung screening programme. The UK National Screening Committee recommended screening ...

NORTH KOREAN leader Kim Jong Un renewed his call for a “limitless” expansion of his military nuclear programme to counter United States-led threats in comments reported today. This was his first ...

JENNY CLEGG sets out and then responds to eight key doubts about the Brics+ alliance in light of the developments at Kazan, arguing it represents a significant challenge to US hegemony and provides a ...

From prostitution to surrogacy, access to women’s bodies can be bought for a fee. LYNNE WALSH reports from a conference ...