Former pupils of the school include Samantha Cameron, the wife of British Prime Minister David Cameron.

US voters will reject Donald Trump because his “ignorant, divisive, and dangerous” views play into the hands of extremists, Sadiq Khan believes.

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The Syrian opposition said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s move to draw down his forces in their country could pave the way for an end to five years of fighting, although they said Moscow had not informed them of the decision.

George Martin has been described as "visionary" and "a musical genius" as tributes flooded in following his death at 90.

New video released by Islamic State shows the extremists who carried out the terror attacks in Paris committing atrocities in IS-controlled territory while plotting the slaughter in the French capital that left 130 people dead.

Failing children’s services that are putting the lives of young people at risk will now be taken over by other councils and charities, British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced.

There was widespread optimism for a global deal to tackle climate change for the first time, as China and the US rowed in behind a binding agreement in a change to their attitude shown just six years ago in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Does British Prime Minister David Cameron believe America and Russia, with their powerful, regional allies, could enforce a ceasefire between Assad and moderate rebels, quite soon, if they wanted to?

IF there is a lesson from the attacks on Paris last Friday, it is that Islamic State has become a truly global threat, more brutal than even al Qaeda, and with the arms, training and money to carry out its plans.

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The British government must take action to deal with the fallout sparked by an IRA-linked murder before the Democratic Unionists are prepared to enter cross-party crisis talks in the North, leader Peter Robinson has indicated.

The British Prime Minister David Cameron's former college, Eton, is going into debt for the first time in its 575-year history.

Mohamed A El-Erian warns that the Greek crisis, the conflict in Ukraine, and the rise of populist political parties threaten to converge into a devastating gale bearing considerable consequences for Europe

An Irish woman is understood to be among the 28 victims killed in an attack at a Tunisian resort, Sepp Blatter has fuelled speculation about his future by insisting he has not resigned as FIFA president, and the US Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the country.  Here’s this evening’s irishexaminer.com catch-up.

The corruption charges engulfing soccer’s governing body have heaped shame and humiliation on the game, Fifa president Sepp Blatter said yesterday, although he flatly rejected calls to resign over the scandal.

THE opening salvo in Britain’s attempt to realign its relationship with the European Union was fired on the fringes of a two-day Eastern Partnership summit which began last evening in Riga.

Ed Miliband has told Russell Brand that it is a “combination of politics and people” that bring about change.

Scotland would now be in “economic trauma” if it had voted for independence in the referendum, former British prime minister Tony Blair has claimed.

The personal details of world leaders such as US president Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron, including passport numbers and visa details, were accidentally leaked to the organisers of a football tournament last year.

The suspected gunman who carried out the deadly Copenhagen attacks was a 22 year old with a history of violence and may have been inspired by the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris, Danish authorities have said.

An indecisive result in the UK’s upcoming national election and weak wage growth present the biggest threats to the economic recovery, according to a Reuters poll of economists.

How Britons vote in the general election in three months could determine the cost of their mortgage.

Greece’s new anti-austerity finance minister is heading to London for talks with George Osborne as he attempts to build support across the European Union for a new deal for the struggling nation.

Events will be held today to mark the 50th anniversary of the funeral of former British Primer Minister Winston Churchill.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron has insisted there is an economic, moral and practical case for tax cuts following the general election, as he used the latest in a series of campaign speeches to highlight Conservative promises to cut £7bn from income tax.

Possible links between jihadist cells in a number of European countries were being investigated by security and intelligence forces following about 17 arrests in Belgium’s largest ever counter-terrorism operation.

French detectives are continuing to search for fugitives suspected to have been involved in the Paris massacres, as details of how police foiled the terrorists’ operations have begun to unfold.

Oldham and the Professional Footballers’ Association will resume talks on Wednesday over the possibility of the club signing convicted rapist Ched Evans.

Talks on convicted rapist Ched Evans signing for Oldham have concluded for the day without a decision being taken on his future.

A healthcare worker who returned from Sierra Leone last night has been diagnosed with Ebola and is receiving treatment in Glasgow.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs has revealed the he considered “breaking for the border” at one point in the latest round of talks in the north.

Police Scotland declared a major incident and confirmed there were a “number of fatalities”.

A “positive and generous” UK government financial offer to Stormont is conditional on its leaders striking a comprehensive deal on the range of disputes facing the administration.

Foreign Affairs minister Charlie Flanagan said he is hopeful that there will be a deal in the North's cross-party talks early next week.

An Irish man has won an action against Britain over the insistence his Colombian-born wife needed a visa to enter the country.

The consequences of not reaching agreement in the North peace talks would be “dire” for the political process, a senior minister has warned.

Irish and British leaders will continue their final push to rescue the peace process in the North today after crunch talks continued late into the night between parties.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny will be joined in Belfast this afternoon by British Prime Minister David Cameron, as the leaders seek to intervene in a process now in its ninth week.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny and UK Prime Minister David Cameron are set to “clear their diaries” to participate in crunch political talks in Northern Ireland next week.