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The UK defence secretary has suggested the real-terms increase in defence spending year-on-year will be only around half the £13.4 billion figure cited by the...

Keir Starmer slashed the aid budget to fund a dramatic increase in defence spending in response to ‘tyrant’ Vladimir Putin and uncertainty over US President...

Ireland’s premier Micheal Martin has said he would ‘absolutely’ invite Donald Trump to Ireland.

The Taoiseach said that the US president, who owns a golf course...

There are ‘benefits to consumers’ of Gatwick airport expansion in England despite the potential of a third runway at Heathrow, the aviation regulator said.

The Civil...

Ireland will increase financial contributions towards Ukraine, the Irish premier has said.

Micheal Martin gave the commitment to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a meeting of...

Keir Starmer has promised sweeping sanctions to heap pressure on Russia and get President Vladimir Putin ‘not just to talk, but to make concessions’.

The UK...

Key US agencies, including the FBI, State Department and the Pentagon, have instructed their employees not to comply with Elon Musk’s latest demand that federal...

Keir Starmer is expected to join world leaders in a call hosted by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to mark the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion...

Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron have agreed to raise the importance of showing ‘united leadership’ in backing Ukraine against Russian aggression during meetings with Donald...

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer congratulated conservative leader Friedrich Merz on his party’s win in Germany’s parliamentary elections Sunday, welcoming the chance to ‘enhance their...