The Government has rejected calls for a UK reparations fund for victims of Libyan-sponsored IRA attacks.

A British man has died in Sri Lanka after reportedly being dragged into a river by a crocodile.

The British computer expert who helped shut down a world-wide cyber attack that crippled the NHS was due to appear in a US court charged with creating software that harvested banking details.

The Queen's private secretary has confirmed he is leaving but says he is confidently handing on the job, knowing the monarch's "unwavering commitment as sovereign" has the "full and active" support of her family.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has begun preparations to formally invite British royals, Prince William and Kate Middleton, to Ireland. The trip would herald the next generation in Anglo-Irish relations, officials say.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has begun preparations to formally invite British royals, Prince William and Kate Middleton, to Ireland. The trip would herald the next generation in Anglo-Irish relations, officials say.

Holidaymakers are flocking to destinations in the western Mediterranean this summer as terror attacks are putting tourists off other traditionally popular locations, travel agents have said.

The infamous spies who infiltrated Britain in the 1950s and ‘60s came from the wealthy upper classes and went unchallenged in their roles, writes Neil Robinson.

Even at the time, it must have seemed like a truly bizarre idea.

The EU has expressed anger after Russia imposed a travel ban on 89 European politicians and public figures.

UCC art historian Ann Murray looks at how authorities came to give more thought to managing public opinion

The families of three Britons killed in the French Alps plane disaster have spoken of their devastating loss.

The British Embassy in Cairo has been forced to close for security reasons, the UK ambassador to Egypt has said.

An Iranian-British woman who took part in a demonstration in Tehran against a ban on women attending some men’s sporting events was jailed for a year for spreading anti-state propaganda, Iranian media said.

A British man who had been held hostage by militants in Libya has been released, the British Foreign Office said.

British Prime Minister David Cameron gathered senior representatives of the military and security services at Downing Street after a third man was beheaded by Islamic State (IS).

Boris Johnson has said he wants the reportedly English jihadist who beheaded an American journalist to be killed in a bomb attack, and has joined the growing calls for Britons fighting abroad to be stripped of their citizenship.

The family of British backpacker Gareth Huntley, who was found dead in the Malaysian jungle, said “no words can describe the void he will leave” and they were “deeply touched” by the efforts to find him.

Hopes of finding the missing British crew of the Cheeki Rafiki have all but faded after the yacht’s life raft was found on board the capsized vessel.

The US Navy has found the hull of the yacht Cheeki Rafiki which went missing a week ago.

A British MP has backed calls by the families and colleagues of four Britons who went missing when a yacht capsized in the mid-Atlantic Ocean for the American authorities to relaunch the search and rescue mission to find them.

A Colombian shaman is showing no remorse and taking no responsibility for the death of a British teenager who drank a hallucinogen during a tribal ritual.

British government officials had first expressed concern — almost 70 years after the sinking of the Lusitania — about a cover-up of the truth of the tragedy.

A British teenager is reported to have died in South America after taking hallucinogenic drugs during a tribal ritual.

Spanish government vessels have unlawfully entered British territorial waters around Gibraltar more than 600 times since the start of 2013, according to official figures.

A British tourist has been charged with the theft of a rare pink diamond worth 250,000 Australian dollars.

A British man who was shot dead in Libya has been named as energy worker Mark De Salis.

Spain has been accused of introducing an export ban on construction materials destined for Gibraltar.

Two young British women have been attacked with acid on the east African island of Zanzibar, reports say.

A mother and daughter found dead in a Spanish apartment were Irish, authorities have confirmed.

French police were questioning a 48-year-old divorced Briton arrested on suspicion of slitting the throats of his two young children.

The British Foreign Office is “urgently” investigating reports that a British man has been arrested on suspicion of slitting the throats of his two children in France.

The British Foreign Office is “considering next steps” after the North Korean regime asked overseas missions if they were considering evacuating amid continued diplomatic tensions.

All Britons have been urged by the UK government to leave the Libyan city of Benghazi in response to a “specific and imminent threat” against westerners.

Security forces in Algeria have surrounded Islamist fighters who killed two people and have taken 41 foreign hostages, including one Irishman.

Margaret Hassan’s family refuse to give up their quest to find her killers, writes Caroline O’Doherty

Foreign Secretary William Hague has held talks with Ecuador’s vice president Lenin Moreno as the deadlock over the status of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange continued.

The British government has written to the Ecuadorian embassy in London to resume talks about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the building for the past two months.

The British Government has written to the Ecuadorian embassy in London to resume talks over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the building for the past two months.

A five-year-old girl and her grandfather who drowned off a Portuguese beach after they were swept into the sea were described today as part of a happy and loving family.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been granted political asylum by Ecuador after taking refuge in the country’s embassy in London.