The Foreign Office should be abolished and replaced by a new Department for International Affairs with fewer colonial era pictures on the wall a group of former senior diplomats and officials has said. They have written a pamphlet proposing radical reform of UK foreign policy.

A message from HM The King to the people of Australia

Nine months after being elevated to the role, the royal – who celebrated his 41st birthday on Wednesday – sat down with the UK’s Sunday Times for a rare interview, opening up about what motivates him and the evolving direction of his royal duties. It was the first time

The Archbishop of Canterbury has told Charles ..we crown a King to serve..during his coronation sermon.

After many months of planning, decades of preparing, and the studying of centuries of tradition, King Charles IIIs coronation finally took place today within the historic halls of Westminster Abbey.

King Charles and Queen Camilla have been crowned in a ceremony full of music and symbolism inside Westminster Abbey.

King Charles has been crowned at his Coronation, the first in the UK for 70 years. Shortly afterwards, his wife Camilla was crowned Queen. Gun salutes were made across the UK, the abbey bells rang for two minutes, and corks were popped on the Mall in London where thousands had gathered.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla have been crowned, with large crowds in London and elsewhere across the country celebrating the historic moment. Nearly 4,000 members of the UKs armed forces took part in what the Ministry of Defence said was the largest military ceremonial operation of its kind for a generation. Hundreds of them travelled into London by public transport on Saturday morning.

More than 2,000 people were invited to attend King Charles IIIs coronation on Saturday, and many of those guests are high-profile royals themselves. Along with members of the British royal family and leaders of the government — like British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, who spoke at the ceremony — world leaders from other countries were also attendance.

King Charles greeted excited crowds gathering for his coronation before hosting a reception for world leaders at Buckingham Palace on Friday ahead of what will be the biggest ceremonial event in Britain for 70 years.

The Princess of Wales shone on Friday evening as she joined the King, foreign royals and global leaders for a glamourous reception at Buckingham Palace

Sri Lanka has launched the project to build the largest commercial and logistics complex in South Asia in the Port of Colombo with an investment of USD 392 million. Agreements for the construction and operation of the South Asia Commercial and Logistics Hub (SACL) as a 50-year Build Operate-Transfer (BOT) project were formally signed in Colombo by the representatives of the three investing entities. Accordingly, China Merchants Port Holdings (CMPort) holds a 70% stake while Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) and Access Engineering PLC (Access) each hold a 15% stake in the venture

Apple CEO Tim Cook met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, pledging to invest further in the fast-growing economy as his company ramps up retail and manufacturing activities. The visit underscores how the world’s most valuable company is continuing to pivot to India, eyeing its potential as both a consumer market and production hub. India is set to surpass China as the world’s most populous nation by the middle of this year, according to data released by the United Nations.

The British foreign secretary, James Cleverly, has skipped planned meetings in New Zealand and Samoa to focus on coordinating the UK’s response to the crisis in Sudan. Cleverly had been scheduled to join the New Zealand foreign minister, Nanaia Mahuta, in Samoa on Wednesday for a series of trilateral meetings with the Samoan government, and then travel on with Mahuta to New Zealand.

The African Union, Djibouti, Kenya, and South Sudan are at the forefront of mediating the conflict between Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo in Sudan. We go behind the scenes. As fighting broke out on 15 April in Khartoum and Sudan split between supporters of President Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and those of his number two and rival Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemeti), attempts at mediation are being made in the sub-region