Gerry Adams has announced plans to step down as Sinn Féin leader next year.

Britain is expected to pay off a historical debt in the coming days, according to Iran’s envoy to London.

Downing Street has rejected suggestions that Britain is ready to settle a £450m debt to Iran to help free Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe from prison.

Ministers are reportedly preparing to settle a long standing £450m debt to Iran in a bid to have Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe freed from prison.

The newly appointed International Development Secretary has suggested her department should compete for money in the same way charities have to.

Almost 500 amendments have been tabled to a crucial piece of Brexit legislation. But what exactly are MPs demanding from the Government?

Theresa May has launched an outspoken attack on Vladimir Putin's attempts to destabilise western democracies and told him: "You will not succeed."

Nicky Morgan has said her fellow Conservative MP Boris Johnson should consider quitting over his gaffe that could add another five years to a British mother's time in an Iranian prison.

Labour MP Graham Jones, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Venezuela urges politicians everywhere to 'support the Venezuelan opposition as they continue to stand up for these values in the face of intimidation and violence'.

Downing Street has slapped down Michael Gove over his claim that he did not know why Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was in Iran at the time of her arrest.

British-Iranian mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is said to be in disbelief that Boris Johnson’s comments could “endanger her life,” and is "angry" after seeing footage of the Foreign Secretary's remarks about her. 

Senior pro-Brexit figures today rallied around Boris Johnson after Jeremy Corbyn said he should be sacked for "damaging Britain".  

A senior Labour figure has suggested Jeremy Corbyn was wrong to appear on Iranian state TV after it was suggested the party was being hypocritical in its condemnation of Boris Johnson.

Michael Gove has said he does not know what British mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was doing in Iran when she was arrested.

Jeremy Corbyn has demanded Theresa May sack Boris Johnson for “undermining” the UK and putting its citizens at risk.

On this World Pneumonia Day a countdown begins, says Save the Children. 

Alex Salmond has been criticised after it emerged he is to host a weekly chat show on a controversial TV channel funded by the Russian government.

Penny Mordaunt has been named as the new International Development Secretary following Priti Patel's resignation last night. 

Boris Johnson came under fresh pressure last night after Iranian state TV said comments he made were “proof” that a British mother in a Tehran jail was acting against the nation.

Priti Patel has quit the Cabinet following showdown talks with Theresa May over her secret meetings with Israeli officials during a family holiday in the summer.

Priti Patel was “accelerated” to the Cabinet because she is a “great British Asian representative”, a senior Tory MP said today.

Priti Patel was racing back to the UK at the order of Theresa May this morning amid mounting expectation that she will be sacked over her secret meetings with Israeli officials.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian mother currently being held in an Iranian prison, has asked to meet with Boris Johnson amid scathing criticism of his handling of her case.