The US president’s pick to be the country’s director of national intelligence is expected to be approved within days – but only after a tense confirmation hearing ...

Premier announces she is stepping down from the top job ahead of expected spill, says her deputy has her ‘unqualified support’ ...

Coming days are ‘absolutely critical’ for firefighters before temperatures rise again this week, officials say ...

Andrea Pirlo has confirmed he is no longer in line to coach Italy, with his sponsorship deal with a Russian betting firm believed to behind the development ...

If you thought he was just a shady rule-dodging reprobate, the Fifa boss’s latest 15-page Instagram rant might make you think again, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde ...

Move comes after the presenter has faced allegations of bullying, but there is no suggestion it is related ...

An ⁠earthquake ​with ⁠a ⁠preliminary magnitude ​of ‌7.1 ‌struck ‌the country’s Kumamoto prefecture ...

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world ...

As she heads to Royal Lytham as a guest of the R&A for Thursday’s start of the Women’s Open, the inaugural winner looks back with Ewan Murray ...

Join our writers for more updates from the fifth day of the Games in Glasgow, which includes the 100m track finals ...

Activists under threat from Beijing are facing strange difficulties with UK immigration. Our safety must not be traded for warmer relations with China, says pro-democracy activist Nathan Law ...

Dawn sweep at Torre del Greco targets growing trend of ‘cheaters’ trying to claim prime spots overnight ...