The Guardian Articles

Iran’s top diplomat is expected to go to Damascus in a show of support to the Syrian regime as it attempts to repel the strongest challenge to its authority in years, after a sudden advance by Islamist insurgents in which it seized control of Aleppo.

The Iranian foreign minister, Abbas …

The mother of a British lawyer who died after being served a drink that was allegedly spiked with methanol has said if it can happen to her daughter it can happen to anyone.

Simone White, 28, from Orpington, Kent, was one of six tourists killed in the popular backpacking town …

Decisions over Louise Haigh’s future were “dealt with very quickly”and marked a “big contrast” to how issues were handled under Conservative governments, a cabinet minister has said.

Pat McFadden, the chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, refused to accept suggestions that the transport secretary’s resignation and the controversy over freebies …

As Brydon Carse stood on Hagley Oval’s outfield under an azure sky and basked in the afterglow of his 10-wicket match – one that showed his potential as an overseas safecracker and

muscled England to victory in the first Test

Reform UK is celebrating “an extraordinary sense of momentum” north of the border, as Scotland’s top polling expert predicts the populist right party could end up deciding the next Holyrood government.

The deputy leader, Richard Tice, said his party’s mood was

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Not every Welsh valley can reverberate with choral singing and declaimed poetry, despite the stereotype. But leading figures in Welsh culture are warning that a different environment is looming: “An alien who landed in the country today would look around and think, “Wow, there do seem to be an awful …

Helen Lecointe answers the phone sounding frazzled. As the senior manager of the

Woodside Animal Welfare Trust

The UK government has been accused of undermining the foundations of the economy with its

autumn budget,

The Institute of Directors’ economic confidence index, which measures business leader optimism in prospects …

It is the summer of 1265. I am bottling leeches in an open-air apothecary as a medical apprentice of the church. Minstrels tune their musical instruments and soldiers sharpen their swords. Gloucester has just been captured by Prince Edward, and royal forces are growing in the west of England. The …

Voting is under way in parliamentary elections in Romania, with voters still unsure whether the shock result of last week’s presidential first-round ballot will stand amid continuing allegations of electoral fraud and foreign interference.

Far-right parties are forecast to make significant gains in Sunday’s parliamentary vote, with polls showing the …