Robert Jenrick is the most high-profile sitting MP to defect to Reform UK. Rumours swirl that others will follow him. But the ...

Coventry City Council will have a very different election this year - and their neighbours are proof of why it matters.

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After the last three manipulated elections, the people of Bangladesh are eagerly waiting to exercise their fundamental right ...

The Islamic Republic appears to have survived another existential crisis. Scott Lucas addresses the key issues and considers the future for Iran.

Many of us remember the bad old economic nightmare of the 1970s, but this decade could have a far worse fate in store.

Plans to replace speed bump with 'raised table' to slow down drivers on Coventry road A report by the Local Government ...

In a matter of days, nationwide protests challenging Iran's theocracy exploded into a crackdown and bloodshed that blew past ...

Onetime allies, the United States and Iran have seen tensions escalate repeatedly in the four decades since the Islamic ...

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Trump rules out meeting Iran’s Crown Prince Pahlavi as protests grow, warns of “hard” response to crackdown. This live blog ...

John Major’s government cut defence spending to below 3 of gross domestic product (GDP) in in 1995, and it has not risen above that level since.