The Trump administration is placing US Agency for International Development (USAID) direct-hire staffers around the world on leave, except those deemed essential. A notice posted online on Tuesday ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro ordered the state-run oil company Ecopetrol to cancel a joint venture with a US-owned company, citing environmental concerns. The partnership was expected to produce ...

The row was resolved after Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy weighed in – in favour of the opposition – on Monday night.

Mr Trump outlined his thinking as he held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.

The Government’s plan to make it easier to build on already-developed parts of the green belt is “largely redundant” and could have a limited impact on housebuilding, a Lords committee has said.

The UK Prime Minister welcomed Denmark’s announcement of a new military to defend the Arctic from ‘hostile activity’.

Metro and the Daily Express splash on the findings from a team of experts, made up of 14 neonatologists and paediatric specialists, who say “bad medical care” and natural causes led to the deaths of ...

Cristiano Ronaldo turns 40 on Wednesday. Here, the PA news agency looks at the Portugal international and former Real Madrid and Manchester United star’s career record. – Ronaldo has the most goals in ...

The magic number is 77 – the amount of goals Ronaldo needs for 1,000 in a stellar career that began way back on August 14, 2002. If life does indeed begin at 40, then Ronaldo is ready to cherish the ...

British photographer Ian Wood came first for his humorous image of a Eurasian badger looking up at graffiti depicting a gun-wielding badger.

Citing Government figures, the League Against Cruel Sports says up to 200,000 snares could lie hidden in the English countryside at any one time and that three quarters of the animals caught are not ...