Theresa May will make a direct plea for the release of a British mother jailed in Iran when she sits down for talks with the country's president today.

We will continue to shine a light on safeguarding issues in the development sector and protect the beneficiaries of aid, says Stephen Twigg

EU Council chief Donald Tusk has said a compromise on Brexit is “still possible” after Theresa May insisted she was willing to crash out of the EU with no deal. 

Ahead of Labour Party Conference, Save the Children has asked three Shadow Ministers to set out how their agenda would improve the lives of the world’s most vulnerable children. Today, Helen Goodman MP makes the case for Labour foreign policy, followed next week by Preet Gill MP & Dan Carden MP discussing development and humanitarian policy. Look out for Save the Children's work with Conservative Friends of International Development at Conservative Conference.

Downing Street has accused Russia of "lies and blatant fabrications" after the two men accused of the Salisbury chemical weapons attack claimed they were only in the city as tourists.

A Jewish community leader has criticised the Conservatives after most of the party's MEPs voted against a European Parliament motion condemning Hungary's right-wing government.

Save the Children respond to the International Development Committee report on ODA.

As the human rights situation in Bahrain continues to deteriorate, the government must answer questions on the effectiveness of its safeguards against UK involvement in abuses, writes Andy Slaughter

An EU commissioner has urged Theresa May to ignore the “Three Stooges” – Boris Johnson, Jacob Rees-Mogg and Nigel Farage – while trying to hammer out her Brexit deal. 

Haleh Afshar has never been afraid to speak her mind. She talks to Gary Connor about her upbringing within the Iranian establishment, fleeing Tehran and her journey to the Lords

World leaders have backed the UK's assessment that Russian intelligence officers carried out the chemical weapons attack on Salisbury - and stated that Vladimir Putin "almost certainly" ordered it.

Minister of State for Trade and Export Promotion, Baroness Fairhead, writes about the importance of the UK's new Export Strategy.

Jeremy Corbyn has hit out at Donald Trump after the United States pulled funding for a UN agency providing aid to Palestinian refugees.

Theresa May has pledged to build a new cyber centre in Nairobi in a bid to help Kenyan police track down British paedophiles online.

Michael Gove has called on France’s authorities to better protect British fishermen following an extraordinary clash between them and their French counterparts over access to scallops.

England’s system of adult social care funding has left the country lagging behind the rest of the developed world, a major charity has warned.

Save the Children’s released the below statement following the UK Prime Minister’s speech in Cape Town, today.

Theresa May will say she is "unashamed" about British foreign aid being used in the interests of the UK as well as poverty-stricken nations across the globe.

Senior Conservative politicians have hit back at Boris Johnson after he suggested Britain could face a Greek-style economic catastrophe under Theresa May's Brexit plans.

Theresa May is preparing to visit Africa for the first time since becoming Prime Minister in a bid to bolster Britain’s post-Brexit trade links.

Penny Mordaunt will today warn that Britain could pull over a billion pounds in foreign aid from EU projects in the event of a no deal Brexit.

Jeremy Hunt has defended UK ties with Saudi Arabia after a bomb dropped on a school bus in Yemen killed dozens of children.

Jeremy Hunt has today urged the EU to match US sanctions on Russia in the wake of the Salisbury nerve agent attack.

Board of Trade Adviser and former Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Patricia Hewitt welcomes the UK's new Export Strategy launched today by International Trade Secretary, Dr Liam Fox, with a national ambition to raise exports to 35% of GDP.