Marine Le Pen made one thing abundantly clear. She is not going quietly. She may have been disgraced in a Paris courtroom, convicted of embezzlement, sentenced and barred from office for five…
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US revokes all visas for South Sudanese over deportation row | World News
The United States is revoking all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced. He said the decision is “effective immediately” due to South Sudan‘s failure…
Tariffs latest: Elon Musk reveals hopes for ‘zero-tariff zone’ between Europe and US | Money News
Donald Trump has long trumpeted his own abilities to make deals. Some have asked if the tariff enslaught is a tactic for him to crack open countries to make more deals. Former…
Pope appears before cheering crowds at Vatican for first time since hospital stay | World News
The Pope has appeared before cheering crowds at the Vatican. It was the pontiff’s first official public appearance since he was released from hospital a fortnight ago. Pope Francis, 88, had spent…
France needs to sort its political mess – or else the populist winds blowing from the US will strengthen | Politics News
Contemplating the turmoil sown by the return of President Trump, nobody could deny that the results of leadership elections in major nations matter to the rest of the world. Take just the…
Spain protests: Hundreds of thousands march against housing crisis fuelled by tourism boom | World News
Hundreds of thousands of people have marched in 40 Spanish cities to protest against soaring rents and a lack of affordable homes – amid a housing crisis fuelled in part by a…
Labour MPs Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed denied entry and deported from Israel | Politics News
Two Labour MPs have been denied entry to Israel and deported. Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed were rejected because they were suspected of plans to “document the activities of security forces and…
IDF admits mistakenly identifying Gaza aid workers as threat – after video of attack showed ambulances were marked | World News
The IDF has admitted to mistakenly identifying a convoy of aid workers as a threat – following the emergence of a video which proved their ambulances were clearly marked when Israeli troops…
New video undermines Israel’s account of aid worker deaths – and suggests cover-up somewhere along chain | World News
Establishing the truth in war is always difficult. This has been especially so in Gaza because international journalists remain banned from entering by Israel, thereby preventing us from witnessing events for ourselves….
Number of deaths from Myanmar earthquake rises – as US aid workers ‘laid off’ after arriving to help | World News
The number of deaths from last week’s earthquake in Myanmar has risen to 3,354, as UN agencies and foreign donors continue to ramp up the emergency response. Amid rescue and recovery efforts,…