Leaders of the world’s 20 biggest economies have agreed to tackle “the critical and urgent threat of climate change” but...

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki says she has contracted COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms. In a statement on...

G-20 leaders meeting in Rome have agreed to work to reach carbon neutrality “by around mid-century” and pledged to end...

In a message recorded exclusively for the BBC, Pope Francis has called on world leaders meeting next week at the...

The UK has condemned “unjustified” threats from France and summoned the country’s ambassador in an escalating row over post-Brexit fishing...

Arnold Schwarzenegger says leaders who claim combating climate change hurts the economy are “stupid or liars”. Ahead of the COP26 climate...

A British court will consider this week whether Julian Assange, founder of the Wikileaks website, can be extradited to the...

The Queen will not attend the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow following medical advice to rest. The 95-year-old monarch...

The White House has outlined new rules for foreign travellers to the US, as flight restrictions lift for the first...

Pope Francis on Sunday made an impassioned plea to end the practice of returning migrants rescued at sea to Libya...