U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has shaken up his Cabinet after Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner resigned over a tax error.

Britain's top diplomat has been given a formal warning for fishing without a license during a recent outing with U.S. Vice President JD Vance.

U.S. President Donald Trump says he and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet next Friday in Alaska to discuss bringing an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is meeting with U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy.

Britain has announced it will recognize a Palestinian state in September unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza, stops building settlements in the West Bank, and commits to a two-state solution.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the U.K. will recognize a Palestinian state in September, unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza and takes steps to long-term peace.

Britain is threatening to take further action against Israel if it does not agree to end the war in Gaza.

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy has met with Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Damascus marking the restoration of relations between the two countries after years of tension.

Israel’s tally of war damage it has wrought on Iran includes the targeted killings of at least 14 nuclear scientists and experts.

European nations worked Monday to keep alive diplomatic efforts to curb the Israel-Iran war as the two countries traded strikes following the United States’ weekend attack on Iran’s nuclear program.

A week into their war, Israel and Iran have exchanged more strikes while diplomatic efforts led by the Europeans took place in Geneva.

A meeting between Iran’s foreign minister and senior European diplomats has yielded hopes of further talks but no indication of any immediate concrete breakthrough, a week after the crisis centered on the Iranian nuclear program erupted into war between Israel and Tehran.

Three allies of Israel used words like “abhorrent” and “monstrous” this week to describe the country’s actions in Gaza.

The British government says it is suspending free trade negotiations with Israel and leveling new sanctions targeting West Bank settlers as it criticizes Israel’s military actions in Gaza.

NATO foreign ministers are debating a U.S. demand for a big increase in defense spending, President Donald Trump's administration wants to focus on security challenges outside of Europe.

France has hosted high-level talks on Ukraine and its security.

Britain and the European Union have pledged hundreds of millions of dollars to ease suffering in Sudan.

Ukrainian officials say that a Russian missile strike Friday on the central city of Kryvyi Rih has killed at least 14 people, including six children, and injured more than 50.

Top diplomats from the Group of 7 industrialized democracies are jointly expressing support for Ukraine and a U.S. ceasefire proposal in the three-year-old war.

Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 developed and developing nations have gathered in South Africa for a two-day meeting.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a contentious U.S. proposal that would have seen $500 billion worth of profits from Ukrainian rare minerals given to the United States as compensation for its wartime assistance to Kyiv has been taken off the table.

U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy says he saw no appetite for peace from Russia in Ukraine after listening to a speech by Russia’s top diplomat at a tense Group of 20 meeting in South Africa.

President Donald Trump’s approach to ending Russia’s war against Ukraine has left European allies and Ukrainian officials worried they're being largely sidelined by the new U.S. administration as Washington and Moscow plan direct negotiations.

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Ukraine's foreign minister says his country wants to collaborate with partner countries on postwar projects worth billions of dollars not just in mining rare earth elements, but also in energy and construction sectors.

China and Britain have restarted economic and financial talks after a six-year hiatus during a visit by Britain’s Treasury chief to Beijing.

Britain's top diplomat says Europe’s security “is on a knife-edge” and President-elect Donald Trump is right to say NATO member nations must increase military spending.

Foreign ministers from the world’s leading industrialized nations are expressing cautious optimism about possible progress on a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.

The U.K. government has hit Iran with new sanctions for sending ballistic missiles and other weapons to Russia in support of the war against Ukraine.

Britain’s foreign secretary has raised concerns about China’s support of Russia in its war against Ukraine.

The U.K. has agreed to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal to secure the future of a strategically important U.K.-U.S. military base at Diego Garcia.

The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah is promising to retaliate for deadly attacks on its communication devices.

U.S. officials say the Biden administration still isn't convinced that it should give Ukraine the authority to launch long-range missiles deeper into Russia.

President Joe Biden has brushed off a threat from Russian leader Vladimir Putin about war against the West if Ukraine’s allies allow it to use weapons deeper inside Russia.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia has launched “counteroffensive actions” in its Kursk region to dislodge Ukrainian forces who stormed across the border five weeks ago and put Russian territory under foreign occupation for the first time since World War II.

The United States and Britain have pledged nearly $1.5 billion in additional aid to Ukraine during a visit to Kyiv by their top diplomats.

The United States and Britain have formally accused Iran of supplying short-range ballistic missiles to Russia for its war in Ukraine and will take measures to punish those involved.

The U.K. government says it's suspending exports of some weapons to Israel because they could be used to break international law.

India and Britain are launching a new technology security initiative expected to boost economic growth and deepen collaboration on critical technologies.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for a drone strike that hit part of central Tel Aviv near the U.S. Embassy, killing one person and injuring 10.

The new British foreign secretary has called for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza during a visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, his second international trip since Labour’s resounding victory in elections earlier this month.

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