The “Military Operations Command” of the de facto government of Syria, led by the jihadist terrorist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), announced on Wednesday that its leader Ahmed al-Sharaa was officially the president of the country. The Command, in an extended statement, also announced that it had fully dissolved the official Syrian armed forces and … Read more
The Turkish government welcomed a delegation of high-ranking Hamas terrorists to Ankara on Wednesday to lend support to the jihadist cause and support the ongoing ceasefire between Hamas and the state of Israel. The office of Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdogan published photos of the president alongside his foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, and the Hamas … Read more
Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro said on Wednesday that he will stop using Twitter (or “X”) after he caused an hours-long diplomatic crisis with the United States by refusing to accept a deportation flight and disparaging Colombia’s longtime ally in a post published at nearly 4:00 a.m. local time. Petro, in remarks given after … Read more
MPs from the north of England have voiced fears of a “brain drain” to southern infrastructure projects after Rachel Reeves announced several major developments in the south. The chancellor announced on Wednesday in a speech about driving growth that she would give backing to the expansion of Heathrow and other London airports, as well as … Read more
Voters in western democracies are turning away from mainstream political parties and towards populists because they are losing faith in their ability to implement meaningful change, a major report based on surveys of 12,000 voters has found. The popularity of traditional centre-left and centre-right parties across major democratic countries has plummeted from 73% in 2000 … Read more
A minute’s silence for Mel Stride. Our thoughts and prayers go out to him at this difficult time. Mel has always operated near the margins of Westminster. A liminal presence teetering near the vanishing point where earth and sky meet. His time as work and pensions secretary under Rishi Sunak went almost entirely unnoticed, but … Read more
Over a year since it dipped into generative artificial intelligence, Samsung’s Galaxy S-series phones are now the vanguard for its gen-AI features. This year, we’re getting even deeper hooks into Google’s Gemini AI assistant and more built-in software tricks than ever before. At the same time, however, the Galaxy S25 arrives with marginal hardware upgrades … Read more
Democratic California Rep. Norma Torres is doubling down on holding President Donald Trump responsible for contributing to the fatal aircraft collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Wednesday night despite the president being in office for just over a week. Torres fired off two tweets late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning appearing to attribute the aviation … Read more
The government and HM Revenue and Customs should urgently examine whether Roman Abramovich owes British tax authorities up to £1bn, more than 40 MPs and peers have said, after an investigation by the Guardian and media partners found that his companies may have failed to pay tax on profits from an elaborate offshore investment scheme. … Read more
For God’s sake don’t give them the vote! Many people said that after a shocking poll published this week appeared to show young people rejecting democracy. But that’s utterly wrong. On the contrary, this should prompt Labour to accelerate its manifesto pledge to give 16- and 17-year-olds the vote. They need more democracy, not less, … Read more