Oil Prices Cross $90 a Barrel as U.S.-Iran Conflict Widens

$81bn merger halted for at least two weeks after US states sued to block deal, saying it would ‘extinguish competition’A federal judge on Monday ordered Para...

Literature, the arts and social sciences must not be sacrificed as higher education funding is squeezed “I ask nothing more from you than to do what you have...

Luis de la Fuente’s team was the best at the tournament by some margin but are not satisfied yet with focus now on ‘the next game in September’On the night t...

Choice of John Healey for chancellor shocks insiders after weeks of fierce lobbying on behalf of party big hittersUK politics live – latest updatesFor weeks,...

The 18-year-old was found dead after a 4 July boat trip with his friends to an island in the Gulf coastFamily and supporters of Nolan Xavier Wells gathered i...

Scientists recorded slower reduction over past 20 years, but study finds this was ‘temporary rather than sustained’A previously recorded slowdown in Arctic s...

Polarizing social media influencers are being held in federal detention in Miami as district judge considers extraditionSocial media influencers Andrew and T...

Chancellor pick and early policies avoid market meltdown but next week remains ‘moment of real peril’UK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham has not qu...

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Case against Ismael Zambada García, who helped co-found and lead the violent Sinaloa cartel, unfolded in New YorkThe Mexican drug kingpin, Ismael Zambada Gar...

The “manosphere” influencers, who were arrested in Florida, are accused of dozens of new crimes in the United Kingdom, including rape, trafficking and charge...

Republicans now face a worst-case political scenario of being asked to fund an unpopular war over which they have exercised little oversight.