Current UK defence spending is unlikely to cover a Ukraine peacekeeping mission for more than a year with the Armed Forces ...

No10 and defence ministers refused to repeat the party's election manifesto pledge that funding would increase to 2.5 per ...

Successive governments have been unable to deliver on exactly this - but Sir Keir and his chancellor hope their 163 majority ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday he wants to accelerate the debate within his ruling Liberal Democratic Party over ...

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PUTRAJAYA: Padi farmers are hoping that the memorandum accepted by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) will lead to better ...

The federal Liberals are running their first leadership race in more than a decade to replace the departing Justin Trudeau.

The prime minister and chancellor are set to change the rules around how pension funds invest, allowing them to use surplus funds to invest into the economy in their latest bid for growth.

Canada's federal elections are due to take place on 20 October, but the pressure is growing to bring them forward. With US ...

The ACT Party leader believes government assets should provide a return or be sold. But a majority of New Zealanders are ...

US president's bombshell proposal to 'clean out' Gaza and encourage Arab states to take in its populace could keep Smotrich's ...

Some 2,000 voters were asked by Opinium for their thoughts about the US President's views on migration, the environment and ...