The appointment is the most significant of a cabinet reshuffle carried out by Starmer following the resignation of deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner

Israeli military yesterday said “gates of hell” have been opened in Gaza, as its intensifying offensive killed dozens across the territory and destroyed high-rises in Gaza City.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that any Western troops deployed to Ukraine would be legitimate targets for Moscow to attack, in a warning to Kyiv’s allies as they discuss measures for its future protection.

Air Force aircraft to deliver over 11 tonnes of relief supplies to Kabul

She had earlier this week admitted not paying enough for the flat purchase and referred herself to the government's independent ethics adviser

The Iran-backed militant group says the Lebanese government is playing into the hands of Israel and the United States

Several social media platforms, including Facebook, were inaccessible in Nepal on Friday

International force would be part of guarantees, France says

China has never denounced Russia's war nor called for it to withdraw its troops, and many of Ukraine's allies believe that Beijing has provided support to Moscow

About 84,000 affected, thousands displaced, says aid agency

Student groups met two senior ministers late on Thursday to press their complaints after more than a week of sometimes violent protests over lawmakers' bonuses and police tactics used against demonstrators.

Anthropic will bar entities that are majority Chinese-owned from using its artificial intelligence services, the US tech giant said on Friday as it toughened restrictions on "authoritarian regions".

The accident took place on Thursday night in the mountainous Ella area, about 130 kilometres (81 miles) east of the capital.

Gaza health authorities said Israeli fire across the enclave had killed at least 53 people on Thursday, mostly in Gaza City

Xi met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a day after Kim and Russian President Vladimir Putin attended a military parade in Beijing.

Right-wing Thai tycoon Anutin Charnvirakul was confirmed yesterday by parliament as the nation’s next prime minister, ousting the dominant populist Shinawatra dynasty.

Palestinian officials said entire families are being “wiped out” as Israel intensified its bombardment of residential areas in Gaza City and makeshift encampments across the Strip.

A dozen patents belonging to Swedish inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel and lost for almost 50 years were recently found in a Swedish couple’s summer house, the Nobel Foundation told AFP.

Italian fashion legend Giorgio Armani, king of a high-end lifestyle empire, has died at the age of 91 “surrounded by his loved ones”, his company said yesterday.

The ruling also bars the administration from using the same reasoning to cut funding in the future.