The UK’s Labour government roared to power promising to improve morale in a civil service degraded by budget cuts under 14 years of Conservative rule. Instead, a public spat with some of its most senior officials is hurting its ability to navigate war with its enemies and disagreements with its friends.

Keir Starmer is preparing for a showdown with the senior official he fired over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador, as calls for the prime minister to resign grow.

The UK economy and London’s relationship with Washington have taken significant blows that are likely to reverberate for months.

The UK economy and London’s relationship with Washington have taken significant blows that are likely to reverberate for months.

The UK economy and London’s relationship with Washington have taken significant blows that are likely to reverberate for months.

The UK and France will host a summit to discuss setting up a naval force that would ensure freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, as Europe seeks to rebut US claims that it’s not doing enough to secure the waterway.

Pre-war planning meant Iran’s military was able to mitigate the impact of US-Israeli strikes on its weapons arsenal and leadership, according to Western military intelligence assessments — which also say it retains the ability to respond if the ceasefire fails.

The United Nations is ready to set up a corridor to allow fertilizer to move freely through the Strait of Hormuz and reach farmers for the planting season — but doing so hinges on a political agreement to go forward, according to a top UN official.

The United Nations is ready to set up a corridor to allow fertilizer to move freely through the Strait of Hormuz and reach farmers for the planting season — but doing so hinges on a political agreement to go forward, according to a top UN official.

President Donald Trump insists US allies are ready to help him in the Strait of Hormuz. They’re not even close.

The UK’s plan to cede ownership of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius looks to have become a casualty of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s falling out with US President Donald Trump.

Keir Starmer has resolved to hike Britain’s defense spending faster than current plans propose, hoping that a focus on security at a time of escalating conflict can fend off the prospect of a leadership challenge next month.

Keir Starmer has resolved to hike Britain’s defense spending faster than current plans propose, hoping that a focus on security at a time of escalating conflict can fend off the prospect of a leadership challenge next month.

Keir Starmer has resolved to hike Britain’s defense spending faster than current plans propose, hoping that a focus on security at a time of escalating conflict can fend off the prospect of a leadership challenge next month.

The UK and European Union are advancing discussions to let Ukraine buy British weapons with the bloc’s stalled €90 billion ($105 billion) loan, according to people familiar with the matter.

Young Britons in desperate search of a job are increasingly signing up to the military, with the government looking to exploit a trend that could help address both its youth unemployment crisis and depleted armed forces.

More than 40 US allies met Thursday to discuss plans to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, in a signal to President Donald Trump of the deep concern across the international community about the crisis in the waterway triggered by his war on Iran.

European allies are skeptical Donald Trump will actually pull the US out of NATO. But they still fear the president’s renewed threats to do so are eroding the military alliance at a precarious moment.

A coalition of US allies is preparing a diplomatic push to persuade Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz and weighing potential sanctions on Tehran if the waterway remains closed.

Reopening the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping is “easier said than done,” UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned ahead of a meeting designed to secure that aim once the conflict in Iran has ended.