The statement came a day after US President Donald Trump said only 21 of 24 hostages believed alive had survived.

US Vice President JD Vance has said Russia was “asking for too much” in its initial peace offer as the United States looks to bring about an end to the war in Ukraine.

Eight people were also wounded in the attack, including four children, the Kyiv City Military Administration said.

Russian air defences repelled an attack by nine drones close to the country’s capital, Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said.

It is becoming “increasingly difficult” for the Stormont Executive to mitigate decisions being made at Westminster, Northern Ireland’s Finance Minister has said. John O’Dowd said decisions, such as ...

A former Sinn Fein official who was murdered after being revealed to be an informer was thrown ‘to the wolves’ by security services, Gerry ...

The country’s new Chancellor Friedrich Merz had vowed to toughen the country’s migration policy during his election campaign.

All eyes are on Vatican City for the sign of a new pope, as cardinals processed into the Sistine Chapel to begin the secret conclave meeting. The 133 electors, mostly dressed in distinctive bright red ...

Sir Keir Starmer faces a growing backbench rebellion over cuts to a disability benefit, Labour MPs have indicated after the party lost almost 200 council seats in England last week. One of the party’s ...

A superintendent said she could not comment on why an invasive search of the Satchwells’ Cork home was not carried out in 2017.

Principal town crier Jane Smith will lead more than 300 colleagues across the UK and the Commonwealth in a VE Day ...

The strikes included one attack on a school sheltering hundreds of displaced Palestinians, which killed 27 people, officials ...