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 ...

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.

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 Airways has insisted changes to its loyalty programme will create a fairer system and are not designed to reduce the number of people rewarded. The airline is switching from awarding points ...

The advertising watchdog found that viewers were likely to believe, at least initially, that they were watching a programme.

Inspectors have revealed “deeply depressing” findings into female prisons as rates of self-harm are 8.5 times higher than male jails, including a “bizarre rule” set to be changed that does not allow ...

The rising cost of childcare and reduced access to it in recent years have been raised by Britain’s human rights watchdog as it submitted a report to the United Nations (UN).