The United States said it took out more than a dozen mine-laying Iranian vessels on Tuesday as the Islamic Republic vowed to block the region’s oil exports, saying not “even a single litre” would be ...

The portrait, painted in around 1598 and attributed to Caravaggio in 1963, depicts Maffeo Barberini, a nobleman who later became Pope Urban VIII.

A former Labour MP has told how he recited Shakespeare from his hospital bed as he battled to get his speech back after suffering a stroke at the age of 47. Jonathan Ashworth told the Press ...

David Lammy’s reforms of the courts system have been supported by MPs at their first Commons hurdle, despite accusations from his own backbench that he is using victims as a “cudgel” to push them ...

The Duchess of Sussex will be the star attraction at a women-only event in Sydney during a number of engagements in Australia next month. Meghan will be interviewed on stage at the 2,699 Australian ...

Big differences in prices at fuel pumps cannot ‘be blamed on Iran or what’s happening in the Gulf’, Ireland’s deputy premier has said.

A young mother died from sepsis contributed to by NHS neglect after she was given the wrong antibiotics, a coroner has ruled. Aleisha Rochester, 33, a bank cashier from Croydon, south London, died two ...

Professor David Miles said the impact of conflict on UK prices could be ‘significant’ and ‘completely unwelcome’.

Amin Nasser, the president and chief executive of Saudi Arabia’s oil giant Aramco, said tankers were being rerouted to avoid the strait, and that its East-West pipeline would reach its full capacity ...

The tearful partner of a Royal Navy sailor on board HMS Dragon has described the “scary and emotional” farewell as the destroyer sails from Portsmouth to the Iran war zone.

The Foreign Secretary has emphasised “close co-ordination” on Middle Eastern security in a call with her US counterpart as Washington threatened its “most intense day” of strikes on Iran. Yvette ...

The Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre found that the costs of running and creating productions continues to pose a threat to the industry.