The portrait, painted in around 1598 and attributed to Caravaggio in 1963, depicts Maffeo Barberini, a nobleman who later became Pope Urban VIII.

Amin Nasser, the president and chief executive of Saudi Arabia’s oil giant Aramco, said tankers were being rerouted to avoid the strait, and that its East-West pipeline would reach its full capacity ...

Barry Laycock, who was hurt in the 1996 Arndale shopping centre bombing, is suing the former Sinn Fein president.

Royal Navy warship HMS Dragon is heading to the eastern Mediterranean, a week after its deployment was announced. The Type 45 destroyer is capable of shooting down drones and ballistic missiles fired ...

Herefordshire Council names contractor for phase one of the long‑awaited bypass, aiming to cut congestion and improve connectivity by 2028.

The Foreign Secretary has emphasised “close co-ordination” on Middle Eastern security in a call with her US counterpart as Washington threatened its “most intense day” of strikes on Iran. Yvette ...

A report commissioned by the Residential Freehold Association estimates the policy could wipe up to £18.7 billion from ground rent ...

The Lords on Tuesday accepted a final draft of the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill, clearing the way for it to be added to the statute book.

Cameras which can detect drivers who use mobile phones behind the wheel or who do not wear a seatbelt are being deployed in Scotland for the first time. In the largest survey of its kind ever ...

The Queen has said she is “delighted” a new book is educating children about the Second World War, adding it was “so important to ensure that the sacrifices of that generation are never forgotten”.

The inquest into the death of the 14-year-old schoolboy, which is being heard with a jury, is now in its seventh week.

London Underground drivers are to stage a series of 24-hour strikes in the next few months in a dispute over hours. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) will walk out at midday on ...