British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has formed a “special” new Cabinet committee to deal with the Iran conflict. Its efforts behind closed doors will coordinate the national response to the growing Middle East crisis through a series of talks, meetings, and earnest consultations.
British comic legend John Cleese has blasted Black Lives Matter and the wider liberal elites for their collective silence in the wake of the Easter massacre of Christians in Nigeria who were targeted by Islamic terrorists.
Pope Leo XIV responded Monday to President Donald Trump criticising him over the U.S.-Israel war in Iran, telling reporters the Vatican works for peace and reconciliation based on the teachings of the Gospel, adding he fears neither the Trump administration or vigorous debate.
Hungarian voters started casting their ballots from 6AM on Sunday morning as Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, seeks to build on his 16 years in power.
The four astronauts aboard NASA’s Artemis II were making final preparations for their return to earth Friday after launching from Kennedy Space Center nearly 10 days ago.
Leaders of several Canadian indigenous organizations gathered in Ottawa on Wednesday to voice their concern at the sunsetting of federal funding for some organizations.
All U.S. forces now deployed near Iran will remain stationed in the area until a “real agreement” is reached with Tehran, President Donald Trump vowed late Wednesday night, as Washington enters a fragile two-week ceasefire and prepares for its “next conquest.”
Fading rocker Bruce Springsteen used the pulpit provided by the first night of the Los Angeles leg of his current tour to fulminate (once more) against President Donald Trump. Springsteen’s vein-popping fury lasted almost for two minutes while he barely drew breath, such was the septuagenarian’s hatred and desire to belittle the man in the Oval Office.
Kanye West’s permission to travel to the UK is no longer valid. The UK government blocked the rapper’s entry Tuesday following controversy over his planned headline set at this summer’s Wireless Festival in London.
Turkish police killed one gunman and injured two others in a firefight outside Israel’s consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday morning with two security officers also left severely wounded.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a key European ally of the Trump administration, faces a tough set of parliamentary elections this weekend but he now has one supporter firmly on his side after U.S. Vice-President JD Vance landed in Budapest on Tuesday to offer his support.
Australia’s most-decorated living war veteran was apprehended and charged Tuesday over allegations he committed war crimes in Afghanistan.
The head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) intelligence organisation in Iran, Majid Khademi, was killed Monday in a targeted Israeli air strike.
Blunt, unambiguous and straight to the point. That was President Donald Trump on Sunday morning as he warned Iran of the perils that lie ahead if it fails to open the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday.
The moon-bound Artemis II crew members are ready for their historic lunar fly-around to push deeper into space than even the Apollo astronauts, but one problem remains. The onboard toilet is giving them trouble. Again.
The U.N. postponed an urgent vote set for Friday on approving the use of “defensive” force to protect shipping transiting the embattled Strait of Hormuz from Iranian attacks because of a mix-up over the date.
General Randy George stepped down with “immediate effect” as chief of staff of the U.S. Army late Thursday night, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced.
The moon-bound Artemis II mission crew contacted their NASA controllers just hours after launching Wednesday and told Houston they had a problem; their (ahem) onboard toilet would not work.
Iran unleashed a torrent of spittle-flecked threats and invective against the U.S. in the wake of President Donald Trump’s prime-time White House address on Wednesday night.
President Donald Trump attended Tuesday night’s opening of the musical Chicago at the Trump-Kennedy Center marking one of his last visits at the national arts institution before it closes for renovations in July.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Monday formally approving the renaming of Palm Beach International Airport as the President Donald J. Trump International Airport.
Iran confirmed Monday a targeted Israeli air strike killed the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) naval units, Alireza Tangsiri, who Israel held responsible for the blocking of the vital Strait of Hormuz.
Just over a decade since German Chancellor Angela Merkel initiated her “open-door” policy on unfettered mass immigration that flooded Europe with hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants, the cry of “enough” is finally being heard.
Restrictions on Japan’s coal-fired power plants were relaxed Friday as the Asian industrial giant seeks to ease an energy crunch caused by the Middle East war choking oil supplies.
NASA entered final preparations Friday for the launch Artemis II, its first astronaut mission to the moon since 1972. Liftoff is set for no earlier than April 1.
Hollywood actor Josh Duhamel believes his condescending peers should stop preaching politics and just get on with their jobs, declaring Wednesday he eschews day-to-day commentary on affairs of state because, “Why would I alienate half my audience?”
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday demanded an end to the conflict engulfing the Middle East, saying it is “high time” fighting stopped as it is “out of control” and threatens to subsume the entire world.
Spain’s socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez scolded the U.S. and Israel on Wednesday for their ongoing attacks on Iran, calling the conflict an “absurd, cruel and illegal” challenge to international law.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier grimly forecast a “deep rift” growing with traditional NATO ally the United States on Tuesday, slamming U.S.-Israeli military action against Iran as a “breach of international law.”
All flights into and out of Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey were halted Monday morning after air traffic controllers evacuated the tower due to the ingress of smoke from an elevator.
President Donald Trump flagged a pause in strikes targeting Iran and its power generation capabilities on Monday morning, taking to social media to declare his hopes for a peaceful resolution to hostilities sooner rather than later.
Leftist Hollywood actor Robert De Niro has called for his fellow left-wing comrades to take to the streets and oppose “mentally ill tyrant” President Donald Trump.
Recreational and tourist sites worldwide will now be a target for Iran’s aggression and what remains of the Islamic state’s leadership further added Friday it is still building missiles.
Israel claimed Wednesday that Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib was “eliminated” in a precision overnight strike, adding another name to the increasingly long list of senior Iranian government figures to be assassinated.
Australia has flung open its borders and taken in a record number of migrants in the past year, despite left-wing Labor Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s government’s solemn promise to cut back on fresh arrivals.
Cometh the hour, cometh the payout. Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Chief Executive David Zaslav stands to pocket $800 million in severance and other payments after rival Paramount PSKY acquires the media company, Warner said in a securities filing.
The Israeli military killed two top Iranian security officials in separate overnight strikes, multiple reports Tuesday indicate, further eroding the Islamic dictatorship’s senior leadership and command structure.
Oscar-winning director David Borenstein claimed his Academy Award on Sunday night and used the moment to rant against governments that commit murder on the streets and unnamed oligarchs who “take over the media.”
Australia and Japan have rejected a call by U.S. President Donald Trump for warships to be sent to secure the Strait of Hormuz, confirming Monday they do not plan to join military operations in the contested zone.
The 98th Academy Awards on Sunday night will be the usual explosion of a champagne-fueled, self-obsessed celebrity glory orgy — that comes, every year, with hundreds of thousands of dollars in free luxury gifts thrown in. This year’s swag bag price tag reached a value of nearly $350,000 for the select 25 Oscar nominees, given free for simply getting out of bed and attending.
