The Pope’s surgery to remove a lung nodule has been completed “successfully, on schedule and as planned”, the Vatican said. The 71-year-old Leo XIV returned to his room after the surgery at Rome’s ...

Kieran Hayler, 39, is accused of three counts of rape and one count of sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl in West Sussex in 2016.

The climate activist joined and applauded hundreds of teenagers who demonstrated outside a school north of Paris under the ...

A man and woman, named locally as Philip and Kim English, and two of their children died in the blaze in Waterford City in the early hours of Tuesday.

OpenAI has said it is not “racing to the bottom” on AI safety as MPs questioned bosses from technology firms over the safety and security of their AI agents. Meanwhile, Claude parent firm Anthropic ...

The UK and Irish governments should establish a formal transition mechanism for paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland, a new report has recommended.

The final novel written by Lord Jeffrey Archer has sold almost 28,000 copies in the UK within days of being published. The former politician and peer turned bestselling writer died “suddenly and ...

US President Donald Trump’s ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, has resigned after allegations of improper conduct but insisted she will “vigorously defend” herself.

Some 734,000 British nationals were added to HMRC’s pay as you earn system between 2014 and the end of 2025, the Centre for Social Justice said.