British security services thwarted 15 Iranian plots to murder or kidnap people in the UK. But more funding is needed to ensure MI5’s continued success, the UK’s intelligence watchdog has warned....
Sudan is engulfed in one of the world’s most brutal wars, with over 12 million people displaced and nearly 25 million facing starvation, but now the Sudanese Armed Forces have crossed a terrifying...
Donald Trump has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize by Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Israeli leader hailed the US president's peacemaking efforts during a White House meeting on...
Russia becomes first state to recognise Afghanistan's Taliban government3 days agoFlora Drury and Tabby WilsonBBC NewsGetty ImagesRussia has become the first country to formally recognise the Taliban...
Poland will send 5,000 soldiers to its border with Germany in a dramatic move aimed at halting the return of failed asylum seekers — a decision that risks escalating already fraught tensions...
The SNP has found itself embroiled in a growing antisemitism controversy after several of its MSPs signed a motion suggesting that the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) should be classified as a terrorist...
Sir Keir Starmer has signed Britain up to a new United Nations agreement which will include higher taxes on the wealthy. The move could risk frustrating the White House, with Donald Trump pulling the...
Russia becomes first state to recognise Afghanistan's Taliban government3 hours agoTabby WilsonBBC News Digital - WorldGetty ImagesRussia has become the first country to formally recognise Taliban...
Gaza aid contractor tells BBC he saw colleagues fire on hungry Palestinians3 hours agoLucy WilliamsonBBC Middle East correspondentReporting fromJerusalemA former security contractor for Gaza's...
Russia on Thursday became the first country to formally recognise the Taliban's Government in Afghanistan since it seized power in 2021, after Moscow removed the group from its list of outlawed...
A ban on Palestine Action as a terror group is poised to become law after peers backed the Government move at Westminster but faces a legal bid to block it. The House of Lords backed proscribing the...
MPs have voted to ban Palestine Action under anti-terror law. MPs voted 385 to 26, majority 359 in favour of the Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025.The motion is...
Two deaths in Russian custody spark rift with former ally Azerbaijan1 day agoMagerram Zeynalov & Grigor AtanesianBBC News RussianAzertagThe deaths of two brothers in Russian custody have laid...
Channel migrants undeterred by new crackdown2 days agoSimon JonesBBC News, DunkirkBBCMigrants gathering in France aiming to cross the English Channel in small boats have said they remain determined...
Channel migrants undeterred by new crackdown1 day agoSimon JonesBBC News, DunkirkBBCMigrants gathering in France aiming to cross the English Channel in small boats have said they remain determined to...