Joanna York

Staunch conservative Bruno Retailleau has quickly shown his hardliner credentials as France's new interior minister by taking a tough stance on immigration, crime and defending secularism.

Staunch conservative Bruno Retailleau has quickly shown his hardliner credentials as France’s new interior minister by taking a tough stance on immigration, crime and defending secularism.

The coming weeks could be decisive for the Ukraine war: As President Volodymyr Zelensky calls for bold action from Western allies to achieve his “victory plan”, former US president Donald Trump has pledged…

While Israel ramps up fighting and air strikes in Lebanon – and Hezbollah increases its drone and rocket attacks on Israel – Lebanon's beloved but chronically underfunded military is sitting out the conflict.

France's decision to grant visas to Russian deserters is being celebrated by human rights groups who hope other EU countries will follow suit, offering a way out for Russian soldiers who want to stop fighting in Ukraine.

Health workers in central Gaza say the first week of a campaign to give children a second round of polio vaccines has been a success despite desperate

In a presidential election that US democrats framed as a fight for democracy itself, former President Donald Trump – who pledged to rule as a “dictator” if re-elected – won a resounding victory.

Authorities banned alleged spy Yang Tengbo from entering the UK after finding he had an “unusual” relationship with Prince Andrew, revealed in court documents last week.

From the highs of the summer Olympics to a mass sexual assault trial that shocked the world, and from the grand reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral

The next 12 months in the French capital are set to provide a wealth of cultural highlights, from an immersive Picasso exhibit at the Atelier des