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An arsonist set fire to the door of a Melbourne synagogue and forced the congregation to flee on Friday, seven months after criminals destroyed a synagogue in the same Australian city with an accelerant-fueled blaze that left a worshipper injured.

Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed rumours that he intends to establish a new party, in what may spell further trouble for embattled Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. 

One year ago today, Sir Keir Starmer became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. And how’s that going for him?

A 102-year-old World War II veteran who stormed Omaha Beach on D-Day and participated in the Battle of the Bulge has special message for Americans on the Fourth of July.

An arson attack on a restaurant and supermarket in Estonia this year were ordered by Russian intelligence, an Estonian court said Wednesday.

Foreigners account for 15% of people living in Germany, but welfare data suggests many recipients might be of migrant-heritage communities.

Gas station exploded early Friday in southeastern Rome, injuring at least 20 people, including eight police officers.

Waves of drone and missile attacks targeted Kyiv overnight into Friday in the largest aerial assault since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began.

French MEP Marion Maréchal has claimed that she is facing “judicial jihad” after being sued for defamation by an organisation which runs an Islamic school over her claims that it is tied to the radical Muslim Brotherhood network.

Russia formally recognised Taliban rule of Afghanistan on Friday, becoming the first country to bow to the terrorist group since it took control in 2021. Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi hailed it as a “courageous” decision.

Diogo Jota, the 28-year-old Liverpool star killed along with his brother in a tragic car accident in Spain on Thursday, was on a 10-hour drive to Spanish ferry because doctors forbade him from flying.

British singer and actress Lily Allen laughed about being unable to remember how many abortions she has had. “I can’t remember exactly how many,” the 40-year-old “Lost My Mind” singer said, adding, “I want to say five.”

GMP made “significant improvements” to investigating gangs, but historic failures sees backlog of over 700 victims and 1,000 suspects.

The South Korean government said Wednesday final negotiations have concluded on a $6 billion deal to provide Hyundai Rotem’s K2 tanks to Poland.

A Syrian migrant was arrested by police after several people were injured in an axe attack on a high speed train travelling to Austria.

Ukrainian forensics expert Oleksandr Vysikan said on Thursday that Russia is upgrading Iranian suicide drones with more advanced technology to slip them past Ukrainian air defenses and deliver more powerful explosives.

Police were examining a suspicious package sent to the Israeli Embassy in Denmark’s capital, authorities said Thursday.

One-third of new entry-level job openings in Britain have been slashed since the introduction of OpenAI’s large language model, ChatGPT, according to figures from a leading job search site.

Russia has lost one of the most senior officers killed of its war in Ukraine to date, it confirmed Thursday morning.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Denmark on Thursday as the Nordic country launched its European Union presidency.

The top reason for former members of the neo-liberal Conservatives defecting to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is immigration, a YouGov survey found.

Women now conscripted into Danish armed forces on an equal business, all having to enrol in the national service lottery after they turn 18.

Jaguar’s vehicle sales in Europe dropped by 97.5 percent year-over-year in April 2025, with just 49 units registered compared to 1,961 the year prior, in the wake of its controversial rebrand.

A rapidly escalating diplomatic feud between Russia and Azerbaijan has developed over the death of two Azeri men arrested by Russian police during an organized crime investigation who died in custody under mysterious circumstances. Azerbaijan has accused the Russians of torturing the men to death.

A Royal Navy First Sea Lord who pushed moral reforms in the force has been terminated from the service, the British government said.

Dutch populist leader Geert Wilders announced Wednesday that his Party for Freedom (PVV) will support proposed reforms to the asylum system in the Netherlands after securing a key concession to officially criminalise being an illegal migrant in the country.

Markets reacted to an apparently clear signal that all is not well at the heart of the British government.

An Austrian state government has introduced a new approach towards asylum seekers, requiring those of working age who receive state assistance to perform community service and reducing benefits for those who refuse to work.

A man suspected of gathering information for Iran on Jewish locations and individuals possibly with a view to attacks has been arrested.

The president of Iceland’s National Broadcaster (RÚV), Stefán Jón Hafstein, published a commentary on Tuesday calling for Israel to be banned from the Eurovision Song Contest – and suggested that, in the event that the ban was impossible, the contest could allow Israeli singers to participate without their national flags.

PM’s “total clusterfuck of Godzilla proportions”, forced to emasculate own reform bill to swerve a massive rebellion by his own colleagues.

Australia has cancelled US rapper Kanye West’s visa over his song glorifying Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, the government said Wednesday.

U.N. chief Antonio Guterres wants to “turn the world around” but is lacking in one thing: other people’s money. On Monday the veteran Portuguese socialist acknowledged the financial shortfall and demanded the world step up and give to the globalist organization to fill the gap in aid donations.

Russia pushes on two fronts in Ukraine, scattering Kyiv´s precious reserve troops and threatening to expand the fighting to a new region.

More than four in ten children born last year in England had at least one foreign-born parent, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.