Pope Francis slept well during a quiet first night in the hospital after being admitted with a respiratory tract infection – and was up eating and reading on Saturday morning, the Vatican said.

Three men held hostage in the Gaza Strip for more than 16 months have been freed, bringing to 24 the number of captives released by militants since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began on ...

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky says the time has come for the creation of an “armed forces of Europe”, and says his country’s fight against Russia has proved that a foundation for it already ...

Police are searching for a man after a woman was injured at a pub near Sevenoaks, Kent. Emergency services were called to the scene at the Three Horseshoes pub in Knockholt amid reports a woman had ...

Two people have been charged after a video emerged of a man burning a Koran and another man attacking him outside the Turkish consulate in London. Social media footage showed a man being kicked on the ...

Hamas-led militants released three male Israeli hostages on Saturday, parading them before a crowd in the southern Gaza Strip before handing them over to the Red Cross as part of a shaky ceasefire ...

Volodymyr Zelensky has called for the creation of an “army of Europe”, suggesting the continent could not rely on Donald Trump’s United States for its defence. The president of Ukraine warned “America ...

The Foreign and Defence Secretaries called on the UK and Europe to ‘do more’ to ‘share the burden’ of regional security ...

Sir Keir Starmer told the Ukrainian leader that Britain is committed to Ukraine being on an ‘irreversible path’ to joining ...

Professor Peter Watson, a lawyer who has represented British families, made the plea ahead of his visit to America to speak ...

A senior doctor has told of her “feelings of betrayal” over her son’s death at the hospital where she worked, an inquest ...

Former head of the army Lord Dannatt said the military could face embarrassment if asked to secure any Ukraine peace deal.