Donald Trump had threatened to obliterate Iran’s power plants if it did not reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz by just before midnight on Monday.

Brent crude swiftly fell as much as 10 after President Donald Trump said the US would pause strikes for five days.

The jury in the trial of the man accused of the murder of Natalie McNally in Co Armagh has retired to consider its verdict. Stephen McCullagh, 36, of Woodland Gardens in Lisburn, has denied murdering ...