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A huge crowd in Iraq's capital Baghdad is taking part in a funeral procession for the Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a US air strike on Thursday. Soleimani was the architect of Iran's Middle East operations. Iran has vowed to take "severe revenge" for his death.more

Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran has announced she is pansexual and in a relationship with a woman.more

Plans to put Scotland on a separate time zone from the rest of the UK were strongly opposed by former prime minister Sir John Major, newly released government archives reveal.more

The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen will meet next Wednesday in London with the Prime Minister of Great Britain Boris Johnson, the EC press services said.more

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the US had the right to kill Iranian general Kasem Suleimani. "Just as Israel has the right to self-defense, so the United States has exactly the same right," he said.more

A U.S. airstrike in Iraq ordered by President Donald Trump killed one of Iran's most powerful generals, sending global markets tumbling on fears of a deepening conflict in the Middle East.more

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been appointed the new Chancellor of Queen's University Belfast.more

"Razem sprawmy, by lata 20-te były dekadą dobrobytu i możliwości" - zaapelował.Boris Johnson heralded a ­"decade of prosperity" while welcoming in the New Year with an optimistic message. The Prime Minister hailed the 2020s as a new chapter for the UK, with Brexit paving the way to a land of hope and glory. more

Campaign groups have criticised the Home Office after it refused to release details of which countries are deemed a "risk" in an algorithm that filters UK visa applications.more

After a statement from the US ambassador to Poland, Georgette Mosbacher, who defended Poles against the Kremlin's accusations of cooperation with Nazi Germany, the Russian embassy yesterday wrote on Twitter: "Dear ambassador, do you really think you know history?".more

Media around the world has noted the statement of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki issued in connection with recent statements by Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding the genesis of the outbreak of World War II.more

Italians are becoming increasingly pessimistic - this is indicated by a survey, the results of which are published today in the daily "Corriere della Sera". more

Big names including Elton John, cricketer Ben Stokes and TV chef Nadiya Hussain were briefly put at risk when the Government accidentally put their addresses online.more

Plans of the MI6 headquarters, including the building's security measures, have been 'lost' during renovation works. The alarm was raised around two weeks ago after more than 100 documents were lost during recent refurbishment work at the headquarters of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, better known as MI6.more

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) revealed part of the documentation from 1989-1990 - the time of the Autumn of Nations, the collapse of communist rule in the Eastern Bloc in Europe. Among them are documents about Poland.more

A leading EU official has penned a love letter to Britain, expressing his "deep hurt" over Brexit and concluding: "You will always be welcome to come back."more

Vladimir Putin has accused Poland of being antisemitic and colluding with Adolf Hitler, in response to a European resolution that partly blames the Soviet Union for the Second World War.more

The FCO is to replace diplomats' cars with all-electric or hybrid models as part of a wider FCO effort to reduce carbon footprint.more

The UK's exit from the European Union, which is to take place at the end of January, will not mean the end of difficult talks between the two sides. The year 2020 will bring further negotiations on the shape of relations after Brexit.more

Boris Johnson is urging Britons to "celebrate the good that is to come" in his first Christmas message as prime ministermore

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson triumphed, and "British MPs fired the Brexit rocket," note French commentators. Mainstream media authors admit they have been fantasizing for three years about the possibility of a new referendum and the annulment of Brexit.more

After the New Year, US President Donald Trump would like to welcome Boris Johnson in the White House to celebrate the support that the British Prime Minister has received for his plan to move Britain out of the European Union - reports in The Sunday Times.more

Anne Sacoolas, the wife of a US diplomat, has been charged with causing the death by dangerous driving of British teenager Harry Dunn. Ms Sacoolas returned to the US after the car she was driving allegedly collided with the 19-year-old's motorbike outside RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire on 27 August.more

The British and Irish governments say progress has been made in talks to restore Stormont, but the Democratic Unionist Party is holding up a deal. The secretary of state said he was "deeply disappointed" the Stormont parties were not yet in agreement.more

MPs have backed Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan for the UK to leave the EU on 31 January. They voted 358 to 234 - a majority of 124 - in favour of the EU (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill, which now goes on to further scrutiny in Parliament.more