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Department ‘all too often operates like a giant private office for the foreign secretary’, paper claims

Move to join US-led maritime corridor follows international fury at last week’s killing of seven aid workers

His wife says he is working harder than ever, but what is the foreign secretary after, other than a nice final section on his Wikipedia page? And will he ever be forgiven for Brexit?

National Audit Office says merging DfID with Foreign Office has led to loss of dedicated senior roles

Drawing on his years at No 10, the UK foreign secretary is happy to ruffle feathers on the international stage while setting the agenda

Labour presses foreign secretary as human rights groups seek judicial review of government’s refusal to ban arms exports

With brutal timing, on International Women’s Day, the UN released data that showed that 30 million girls have been subject to female genital mutilation (FGM) between 2016 and 2023. That means globally now more than 230 million girls and women alive today have undergone this abhorrent practice.

The life and legacy of the British diplomat and Irish rebel executed for high treason

The ‘exceptional’ financier, one-time hostage negotiator and husband of Lady Gabriella Windsor died by suicide last February. Maddy Mussen reports on his private but remarkable life