U.K. Election and Politics News

The announcement appeared to be the Russian leader’s latest attempt to raise the stakes in his conflict with the West, coming less than two weeks after his visit to North Korea.

The Labour lawmaker Thangam Debbonaire has a plan to turn Britain’s ailing cultural sector around. Will she get to implement it?

The governing party’s director of campaigning has taken a leave of absence after reports his wife, a Conservative candidate, was being investigated by Britain’s gambling regulator.

After more than a decade of deep budget cuts, slow growth and weak productivity, the country has struggled to overcome years of uncertainty and underinvestment.

As chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt also represents a district where his Conservative Party traditionally counts on rock-solid support. Not anymore.

The Group of 7 gathers major industrialized countries, but its leaders are politically weak and Ukraine and Gaza remain unsolved.

In Turkey, India and elsewhere, where some feared authoritarian leaders would consolidate power, democracy has proved surprisingly resilient.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, fighting to narrow a substantial polling gap, adopted an aggressive approach against his Labour Party opponent, Keir Starmer.

The accusation from China came a few weeks after Britain charged three men with assisting Hong Kong’s intelligence service.

The number of Indians abroad is small relative to the country’s population. Indian political parties want their support anyway.