THE leaders of Belarus and Iran have signed new agreements to boost bilateral ties in key areas including defence.Presidents Alexander Lukashenko and Masoud Pezeshkian signed a package of 13 documents ...

THE Lisbon Maru was a Japanese freighter torpedoed by a USS Grouper submarine on October 1 1942 while sailing through the East China Sea. In its holds, in appalling conditions, the Japanese were ...

THE WOMEN'S Rugby World Cup begins in Sunderland tomorrow when hosts England face the United States at the Stadium of Light.The tournament concludes with the final at Twickenham Stadium on September ...

CELTIC’S Champions League match in Kazakhstan next Tuesday is worth an estimated £40 million to the club, but Cameron Carter-Vickers insists focus is only on the field.Hoops fans, frustrated by a lack ...

JACK DRAPER narrowly missed out on an appearance in the new-look US Open mixed doubles final.Draper and the US’s Jessica Pegula went into the event, played for the first time in the week before the ...

UGANDA: The government has agreed a deal with the United States to take deported migrants on condition that they have no criminal record and are not unaccompanied minors, officials said today.The ...

ENGLAND head into their home World Cup as red-hot favourites amid record-breaking ticket sales and optimism of women’s rugby hitting new heights.The formidable Red Roses have swept aside all before ...

Fat HamThe Swan Theatre, Stratford upon Avon⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑THE RSC directors are to be complimented on bringing this multi-prize-winning black US play to Stratford. James Ijames’ reimagining of Hamlet is a ...

THE number of young people not in education, employment or training rose by 25,000 in three months, official figures showed today.So-called Neets aged 16-24 rose from 923,000 to 948,000 in the three ...

MESSAGES found on far-right former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro’s phone have revealed past plans to flee to Argentina and seek political asylum, federal police have said.Mr Bolsonaro is ...

WIDESPREAD opposition, both within Israel and internationally, have not deterred Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from his plan for the country’s army to illegally clear and occupy Gaza City.The ...

UNITED STATES and European Union officials released a bare-bones account today of their trade deal that imposes a 15 per cent tariff on 70 per cent of European goods exported to the US.Both sides left ...