The Turkish military this week launched direct attacks on the Syrian army. Tayyip Erdogan ordered howitzers and F-16 fighter jets to hit President Bashar al-Assad’s forces near the Turkish b... Read more

The British government has changed the policy of flying flags on royal birthdays, with local authorities no longer required to raise the Union Flag for Prince Andrew. Officials earlier said... Read more

Michael Bloomberg’s presidential campaign lifted portions of its policy plans from news outlets, not-for-profit organizations and policy groups, in some cases plagiarizing passages verbatim,... Read more

A Russian civilian plane was forced to make an emergency landing at a Russian-controlled airbase in Syria during Israeli airstrikes on Damascus earlier this week, the Russian defence ministr... Read more

Antarctica has logged its hottest temperature on record, with an Argentinian research station thermometer reading 18.3C, beating the previous record by 0.8C. The reading, taken at Esperanza... Read more

Donald Trump delivered a triumphalist, mocking, vitriolic and vulgar speech in the White House on Thursday afternoon in celebration of the acquittal at his impeachment trial the night before... Read more

The Credit Suisse chief executive, Tidjane Thiam, has been ousted after losing a bitter boardroom battle that escalated after a spying scandal engulfed the Swiss bank last year. The bank’s b... Read more

US President Donald Trump confirmed Thursday that the US had killed the leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, days after the extremist group claimed responsibility for a mass shooting... Read more

Mahmoud El-Batakoushy It seems that the Russian support to the Syrian army in Idlib has incurred a rift between Ankara and Moscow on the back of accusations between the two sides with Turkis... Read more

Dissident republicans in Northern Ireland are suspected of trying to blow up an Irish Sea ferry on Brexit day last week, after a bomb was found on a lorry following two tip-offs. The discove... Read more

Scotland’s finance secretary, Derek Mackay, has resigned and been suspended as a member of the Scottish National party hours before he was due to deliver next year’s budget after it emerged... Read more

tanding before a political rally in Delhi, Yogi Adityanath, the firebrand Hindu nationalist chief minister of Uttar Pradesh known for preaching hate and violence against India’s Muslims, did... Read more

Donald Trump has been acquitted in his Senate trial on both of the articles of impeachment he faced, ending the threat that he would be removed from office and concluding the impeachment pro... Read more

The British government is helping a controversial Israeli spyware company to market its surveillance technologies at a secretive trade fair visited by repressive regimes, the Guardian can re... Read more

Nora Bendary   As the Iranian Parliamentary election approaches, candidates of the Mullahs’ regime seek to claim the most votes to constitute majority within the incoming parliament for... Read more