President says ‘numerous’ nations vow to help protect vessels, while UK and Germany refuse to be drawn into wider war ...

In the last four years, China’s built up what experts believe are some of the biggest resource stockpiles in the world, ...

Hundreds of people are feared dead following an air strike on a drug treatment hospital in Afghanistan that the Taliban ...

Nina and Moses Raine, who have adapted the 1904 drama for the National Theatre, on the twilight of the Russian empire ...

Flights from Dubai are being delayed or cancelled after UAE airspace was temporarily closed following drone and missile ...

The riskier the setting in which powerful AI systems are deployed, the more we seem to reach for an intuitive solution: that ...

Nowruz is Iran’s biggest annual celebration but many in the capital are hunkering down amid US and Israeli strikes ...

The Middle East conflict is set to weigh on the already “hugely tight” market for niche metals used in defence industries, as ...

We begin with US-China relations, after Donald Trump cast doubt on his long-awaited visit to Beijing. What to know: Two weeks ...

Spain has defended the EU carbon trading system, warning that it would be a “big error” to take it apart to alleviate the energy price shock triggered by the Iran war.

Recent events show how ugly it could get for creditors in Europe — not just because so many did not insist on protective legal covenants in loan agreements, leaving them vulnerable when borrowers seek ...

The BBC has asked a US judge to throw out Donald Trump’s $10bn lawsuit against the corporation over a misleadingly edited ...