THE leaders of Belarus and Iran have signed new agreements to boost bilateral ties in key areas including defence.Presidents Alexander Lukashenko and Masoud Pezeshkian signed a package of 13 documents ...

THE Lisbon Maru was a Japanese freighter torpedoed by a USS Grouper submarine on October 1 1942 while sailing through the East China Sea. In its holds, in appalling conditions, the Japanese were ...

TOP diplomats from Pakistan, China and Afghanistan have committed their countries to stronger anti-terrorism co-operation during a meeting in Kabul.Wednesday’s meeting was aimed at boosting political ...

UGANDA: The government has agreed a deal with the United States to take deported migrants on condition that they have no criminal record and are not unaccompanied minors, officials said today.The ...

THE number of young people not in education, employment or training rose by 25,000 in three months, official figures showed today.So-called Neets aged 16-24 rose from 923,000 to 948,000 in the three ...

THE WOMEN'S Rugby World Cup begins in Sunderland tomorrow when hosts England face the United States at the Stadium of Light.The tournament concludes with the final at Twickenham Stadium on September ...

UNITED STATES and European Union officials released a bare-bones account today of their trade deal that imposes a 15 per cent tariff on 70 per cent of European goods exported to the US.Both sides left ...

MESSAGES found on far-right former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro’s phone have revealed past plans to flee to Argentina and seek political asylum, federal police have said.Mr Bolsonaro is ...

A UKRAINIAN man suspected of being one of the co-ordinators of the undersea explosions in 2022 that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany has been arrested in Italy, German ...

WIDESPREAD opposition, both within Israel and internationally, have not deterred Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from his plan for the country’s army to illegally clear and occupy Gaza City.The ...

CELTIC’S Champions League match in Kazakhstan next Tuesday is worth an estimated £40 million to the club, but Cameron Carter-Vickers insists focus is only on the field.Hoops fans, frustrated by a lack ...

POLICY “intent without action” and an “implementation gap” have left Scotland’s drug death crisis lacking an emergency response, an expert warned.Speaking at Holyrood at a Festival of Politics event ...