The UK and Norway have signed a defence pact that will see them operate a combined fleet to hunt Russian submarines in the North Atlantic. The deal is designed to protect undersea cables – which British officials say are increasingly under threat from Moscow – with a 30% rise in...

Vladimir Putin is “morally responsible” for the death of a British woman killed after she sprayed herself with a nerve agent smuggled into the UK by Russian agents to assassinate a former spy, an inquiry has concluded. Lord Hughes, the chair of the inquiry, said the assassination attempt on the former spy Sergei...

An Afghan national was arrested in Texas on Tuesday for allegedly making bomb threats on social media, just one day before another Afghan national shot two National Guard members in Washington, DC that left one soldier dead. Mohammad Dawood Alokozay, 30, threatened to carry out a suicide bombing during a November 23...

At least four people, including three children, have been killed in a mass shooting at a family gathering in California, authorities say.   The victims were eight, nine, 14 and 21 years old, a spokesperson for the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office said on Sunday. Eleven others were injured in...