Will Lewis has stepped down as the publisher and chief executive of The Washington Post just days after layoffs gutted about one-third of the paper’s newsroom.

Will Lewis has stepped down as the publisher and chief executive of The Washington Post just days after layoffs gutted about one-third of the paper’s newsroom.

Hello from Milan and Cortina, where the Games are kicking into high gear.

A pay-off given to Lord Mandelson after he was sacked as ambassador to the US is being reviewed, Foreign Office sources tell the BBC.

Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of an NBC News presenter, is believed to have been abducted from her home in Tucson, Arizona.

Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth wrote that she fears “repeated tacit threats” could be weakening the Department of Homeland Security inspector general’s independence.

Stories of aspiring foreign trainees shed light on an under-regulated industry, where there is opportunity and risk.

Sanae Takaichi is popular – but inflation and a diplomatic row with China weigh on voters’ minds.

The BBC’s Washington correspondent Daniel Bush explains why the US president’s comments are causing a stir in a midterm election year.

The FBI is investigating a note demanding ransom for the 84-year-old, and announced a $50,000 reward for information about her whereabouts.