President Ferdinand Marcos Jr had asked his Cabinet and provincial officials to brace for ‘the worst-case scenario’.

A Paralympic champion has pleaded with MPs to reject proposed legislation on assisted dying, backing a report that calls the move a slippery slope. Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, an 11-time gold ...

Israeli troops captured a strategic hill in the southern Lebanese village of Chamaa, the National News Agency said.

The 21 leaders from economies bordering the Pacific, including US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping, descended on Peru this week at a time when America’s incoming president, Donald ...

A woman found dead in the boot of a car in east London has been named by Northamptonshire Police. Detectives believe that Harshita Brella, 24, of Corby, was attacked by someone she knew. A murder ...

US President-elect Donald Trump has selected Chris Wright, a campaign donor and fossil fuel executive, to serve as energy secretary in his upcoming, second administration.

A variety of political stories are jostling for centre stage on the front pages of Sunday’s newspapers. The Observer reports on a “shocking increase” in the number of vulnerable children being left in ...

In their final meeting, China’s leader Xi Jinping told US President Joe Biden that “China is ready to work with a new administration,” as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take over. The two ...

Eight people were killed and 17 others injured in a stabbing attack at a vocational school in the eastern city of Yixing on Saturday night, local police said. The attack occurred at the Wuxi ...

Lord Blunkett is calling for action on “death trap” tube platforms after he was injured falling into the gap at Westminster station. The Labour peer, who is blind, called on Transport for London to do ...

The Irish president has led tributes to comedian and actor Jon Kenny, who has died at the age of 66. The Limerick actor was best known as one half of the comic duo D’Unbelievables with Pat Shortt. Mr ...

An Israeli airstrike on Saturday evening on a UN-run school sheltering displaced people killed 10 and wounded 20, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. It said two missiles were fired at the Abu ...