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The leaders of Iran and Afghanistan have inaugurated the first railway link between the two countries, expressing hope it would enhance trade links across the region.

Gunmen have shot and killed a female TV presenter in eastern Afghanistan.

Brussels has stepped up its preparations and held out the prospect of emergency agreements aimed at keeping planes flying and lorries crossing to the continent, amid the prospect of a...

Schools that plan to hold Christmas celebrations such as nativity plays or musical performances will be told today by the Department of Education they should do so without parents in...

Schools that plan to hold Christmas celebrations such as nativity plays or musical performances will be told today by the Department of Education they should do so without parents in...

Small-time investors who have lost millions of pounds in failed schemes will no longer receive adverts for so-called mini-bonds, after the City watchdog banned the mass-marketing of some investments.

The coronavirus pandemic means Hanukkah celebrations will look very different this year but the message behind the Jewish festival remains “exactly the same”, a rabbi has said.

Talks on a post-Brexit trade deal are unlikely to be extended beyond Sunday unless the European Union drops some of its key demands, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said.

France's data privacy watchdog has handed out its biggest ever fine of €100 million to Alphabet's Google for breaching the country's rules on online advertising trackers (cookies).

Coronavirus cases are surging across Africa while people in richer countries are being vaccinated against Covid-19.

Nicola Sturgeon has donned a festive penguin jumper to show her support for an event to raise cash to help children across Scotland.

China's Foreign Ministry has said two Canadians held for two years in a case linked to a Huawei executive have been indicted and tried, but gave no details.

Holiday giant Tui has revealed it slumped to a 3 billion euro (£2.7 billion) annual loss and is ramping up cost cutting as it warned bookings will not recover fully...

Losses increased nearly 20-fold at pub giant Marston's in the last year, as the business faced a tough ride trying to weather the Covid-19 storm.

Schools that plan to hold Christmas celebrations such as nativity plays or musical performances will be told by the Department of Education they should do so without parents in attendance,...

Between Covid, lockdowns, Christmas and what 2021 has in store for us all, it can be hard to keep your spirits up and focus on the positive that is still...

Firefighters in Spain have found two bodies in an abandoned building occupied by migrants and other squatters that caught fire and partially collapsed.

German company BioNTech and US pharmaceutical company Pfizer say data on their coronavirus vaccine were “unlawfully accessed” during a cyberattack on the servers of the European Medicines Agency.

Ocado saw sales jump by more than a third in the run-up to December, as harsher lockdown conditions in England benefited the online supermarket.

The company behind Sports Direct and House of Fraser has said strong online sales and a boost since the first lockdown ended increased its profits in the last six-month period.