US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the war against Iran may be short-lived, despite the country’s selection of a new hardline supreme leader to oversee the fight for the Islamic theocracy’s ...

A ban on social media for under-16s has been rejected by MPs. The age limit had been backed by peers earlier this year after growing calls from campaigners including actor Hugh Grant. Supporters of ...

The US president told reporters that the war began because Iran was starting work on a new site for developing material for nuclear weapons.

Irish Premier Micheal Martin is to discuss the conflict in the Middle East with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Madrid on Tuesday. Mr Sanchez has emerged as the EU’s most vocal critic of a ...

The Government-backed Parker Review found ethnic diversity broadly improved across FTSE 350 boards and senior leadership in 2025.

Oil prices have soared since the US and Israel began strikes on Iran, exceeding 100 dollars per barrel on Monday.

February’s wet weather dampened retail sales across the UK amid warnings that the Middle East conflict is threatening to halt any longer-term recovery in consumer confidence. Total UK retail sales ...

Maxwell Samuda’s grandmother is believed to have taken diethylstilbestrol, known as DES, more than 50 years ago.

Conflict in the Middle East has been unleashing turmoil in the world’s financial markets and has pushed wholesale oil prices ...

The British Chambers of Commerce said the geopolitical situation could ‘change the economic outlook considerably’.