Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi has pledged to accelerate Japan’s military build-up and spending and complete an early ...

Three Green councillors in Glasgow and one of the party’s top candidates in the city have defected to Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s Your Party.

The Lithuanian armed forces said in a statement that at about 6pm local time on Thursday (4pm BST), two Russian military aircraft flew into Lithuanian airspace for about 700 metres (765 yards). The SU ...

Work on the Dunard Centre in Edinburgh will begin within weeks and the project is expected to be complete by 2029.

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A lack of engagement with pensions ‘is holding people back from taking their best shot at long-term saving,’ Scottish Widows said.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the total volume of retail sales is estimated to have risen by 0.5 in September.

Voting has started in the Irish presidential election. The race has boiled down to a head-to-head between Catherine Connolly, an independent who has secured the backing of left-wing opposition parties ...

Christmas Island National Park acting manager Alexia Jankowski said on Thursday there were up to 200 million of the endemic ...

Plaid Cymru has defeated Reform UK in a fiercely-fought Welsh Parliament by-election, with defending party Labour trailing in third. Nigel Farage’s party was hoping to win its first seat at the ballot ...

On Thursday, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced an additional £10 million in security funding to protect Muslim communities from hate crimes.