Tulip Siddiq, the Treasury minister, has resigned on Tuesday (January 14). She says Laurie Magnus, the PM’s ethics adviser, has said she has not broken the ministerial code. But she is going because if she were to stay she would be a “distraction” to the government.

Talks are resuming in Doha on a deal for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages, as key mediator Qatar says an agreement is "very close". Our Gaza correspondent Rushdi Abualouf says there would be three phases to the deal, with three hostages released on the

The Ukrainian armed forces have lost over 230 soldiers in the Kursk region in the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday. "Over the past day, the Ukrainian armed forces lost over 280 service people, three tanks, an infantry fighting vehicles, three armored

North Korea has launched multiple short-range ballistic missiles towards the sea off the country’s east coast, South Korea’s military reports. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said the missile launches were detected on Tuesday morning at approximately 9:30am

Los Angeles residents are bracing for further destruction as weather forecasts indicate that winds helping fuel the flames might pick up again. Three fires continue to blaze. The largest, the Palisades Fire, has burned more than 23,000 acres and remained at 14% contained as of Monday

The terms of a deal between Israel and Hamas for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages are being finalised, a Palestinian official familiar with the negotiations has told the BBC. It comes as US President Joe Biden said a deal was "on the brink" of coming to

Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi referred to Bangladesh as a "strategic neighbor" today, and said that any kind of animosity between the countries is not in the interest of either nation. He made the remarks while addressing a press conference at the Army

An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 on Richter Scale jolted Japan on Monday, National Center for Seismology reported. The earthquake was at a depth of 10km, latitude of 31.84 N, and Longitude of 132.54 E. The details of the same were shared on X. “EQ of M: 6.5, On: 13/01/2025

In the ruins of the ransacked official residence of the deposed Bangladeshi prime minister, among the Chanel and Swarovski shopping bags and an inventory of jewellery, ceramics and clothing given as gifts by foreign dignitaries, lie Labour Party posters and flyers produced by Tulip

The Israeli military siege on the northern Gaza Strip has left about 5,000 Palestinians dead or missing after 100 days of brutal attacks that have only intensified amid talks of a potential mediated agreement between Israel and Hamas. Another 9,500 Palestinians were injured as a result

Croatia’s populist President Zoran Milanovic was re-elected in a landslide, defeating his conservative rival in Sunday’s run-off, official results showed. Milanovic took more than 74 percent of the vote and Dragan Primorac, backed by the center-right HDZ party that governs

Weather forecasters in California are warning fierce winds which fuelled the infernos around Los Angeles are expected to pick up again this week, as fire crews on the ground race to make progress controlling three wildfires. Officials warned that after a weekend of relatively calm

Los Angeles is grappling with multiple wildfires that have resulted in significant loss of life and property.  The most severe blazes, the Palisades and Eaton fires, have collectively claimed at least 16 lives and left 13 individuals missing.  The Palisades Fire has

Sir Keir Starmer met a senior member of Bangladesh’s ousted ruling party last month, despite the Awami League facing accusations of embezzlement and of allowing its security forces to kill protesters. The UK prime minister met Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury, the ousted mayor of the city

Israel’s military said it attacked sites in Yemen controlled by Houthi fighters, including a power station near the capital Sanaa, and the ports of Hodeidah and Ras Isa. Several people have been killed in an Israeli air strike in Lebanon’s south with Israel’s military

The Biden administration has imposed some of its toughest sanctions yet on Russia, in a move designed to hit Moscow's energy revenue that is fuelling its war in Ukraine. The measures target more than 200 entities and individuals ranging from traders and officials to insurance

A judge has sentenced US President-elect Donald Trump to an "unconditional discharge," bringing to an end the first criminal trial of a former US president. The sentence in the hush-money payment case means the incoming president has been spared any penalty, including jail

Massive wildfires that engulfed whole neighborhoods and displaced thousands in Los Angeles have killed at least 10 people, authorities said, as California’s National Guard soldiers readied to hit the streets to help quell disorder. News of the growing toll, announced late

Senior allies of Sir Keir Starmer are considering candidates to replace Tulip Siddiq if she is forced to quit over links to her aunt’s ousted Bangladeshi regime, The Times has been told. Officials are said to have identified candidates to succeed the Treasury minister over the

The United States has no current plans to increase its military presence in Greenland, the US embassy in Copenhagen said on Thursday, after President-elect Donald Trump expressed renewed interest in acquiring the vast Arctic island. Trump, who takes office on Jan 20, said this week