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Oil prices have fallen sharply and stock markets have soared on news of a two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran.

Almost all warnings and indicators that a wider war is coming are flashing red and it is "breathtaking" that the UK government is failing to better prepare, a top academic has warned.

Donald Trump has repeated his criticism of NATO after holding talks with the alliance's secretary general in Washington.

A charity co-founded by Prince Harry is suing ‌the British royal for defamation at the High Court in London, ​a court record shows.

Former deputy Labour leader Harriet Harman has accused Nigel Farage of "leading a culture war" after his response to the government's decision to bar Kanye West from the UK.

Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy have said their countries will hold a 32-hour ceasefire over the Orthodox Easter weekend.

Artemis II's history-making astronauts have successfully arrived back on Earth with a "perfect bullseye splashdown" off the coast of California.

Airports are bracing for mass shortages of jet fuel if the Strait of Hormuz does not reopen within the next three weeks, according to a trade body.

A British man has died and 27 people were injured after a bus full of UK tourists on their way to a boat tour crashed in the Canary Islands.

Stefano Gabbana, the co-founder of Italian luxury fashion house Dolce & Gabbana, stepped down as the brand's chairman.

Sir Keir Starmer has said he is "fed up" with the actions of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin affecting energy prices in the UK, in his strongest comments about the US president yet.

The world will experience diesel and jet fuel shortages "for some time" because of the war in Iran, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Fears of fuel shortages have been sparked recently as the number of tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz was reduced to a trickle amid threats from Iran, which experts say effectively controls the waterway.

Cuba's president has said he won't step down as he pushed back against mounting US pressure for change on the island.

A multimillion-pound push by the defence secretary to transform how the UK rearms and fights is a "fiasco", with too much focus on changing structures instead of preparing for war, according to interviews and conversations with a dozen defence sources.

Passengers travelling to or from Dublin Airport are being advised to allow extra time for their journeys as protests over high fuel prices in Ireland continue into a fourth day.

The Artemis II crew are closing in on Earth after a record-breaking mission to the far side of the moon, where they travelled further from their home planet than anyone in history.

The government will ban so-called "barely legal" pornography of adults role-playing as children and depictions of some step-incest in a further crackdown on harmful online content.

The UK is preparing a new version of a major plan to ready the whole nation - from the military and police to hospitals and industry - for the transition to war, the head of the armed forces has told Sky News.

The government's Chagos Island deal has been pulled after US President Donald Trump branded it an "act of great stupidity".

Interest rates on plan 2 and 3 student loans will be capped at 6% for one year from September, the government has announced. 

The tale of Silibil'n'Brains is the true story of a great lie.

The boss of Iceland has offered a job to the man who says he was sacked from Waitrose for tackling a shoplifter.

It's a conversation that's not going away, but one the government could really do without.

British travellers heading on their spring and summer holidays face changes at borders after the introduction of the EU's Entry/Exit System (EES).

A drug taken to treat a rare condition could also extend the life of some ovarian cancer patients, a trial has suggested.