Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife is said to have instructed a former aide to organise protests against political opponents.

Boxing Day shopper footfall was down 7.9 across UK retail destinations by 5pm, in comparison to last year, MRI Software found.

Detectives in Northern Ireland have launched a murder investigation following the death of a man in Newtownards. Three people have been arrested in connection with the fatal incident in the Co Down ...

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has accused Nigel Farage of “fakery” over Reform UK membership numbers, after his party claimed they had surpassed the Tories in signed-up members. Mrs Badenoch said ...

Finnish authorities have detained a Russia-linked ship as they investigate whether it damaged a Baltic Sea power cable and several data cables, according to police and news media reports. In the ...

From grabbing a bargain to sea swimming and watching traditional sporting events, people have indulged in a range of Boxing Day activities.

Victims and survivors of the Boxing Day tsunami are being remembered 20 years on from the disaster. A 9.1 magnitude earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean on December 26 2004 triggered the tsunami which ...

North Korean troops are suffering heavy losses in the fighting in Russia’s Kursk region and are facing logistical difficulties as a result of Ukrainian attacks, the country’s military intelligence ...

Two women have died and a man and teenage boy suffered serious injuries after reports of a stabbing in Milton Keynes on Christmas Day. A 49-year-old man from Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, was ...

The last time vessels carrying migrants were known to have arrived was on December 14, when 160 people arrived in three boats. The figures take the total number of crossings in 2024 to 35,491, around ...

An Israeli strike has killed five Palestinian journalists outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip, the Health Ministry said.

Membership of Reform UK has surpassed that of the Conservatives, Nigel Farage’s party has said. A digital counter on the Reform website showed a membership tally before lunchtime on Boxing Day ticking ...