Robert Fico has said that Slovakia’s foreign policy orientation could involve leaving the European Union and Nato.

Ten years on from an on-the-spot announcement at Newbury that he would retire at the end of the season, Sir Anthony McCoy reckons he would still be champion jockey were he back riding.

The British family of Eli Sharabi has welcomed news he is on the list of Israeli hostages Hamas plans to release next. Mr Sharabi, 52, was taken captive by the militants from Kibbutz Beeri, a communal ...