Moscow: A gunman has killed nine people and wounded 20 others in a school in central Russia, authorities said. Governor of the Udmurtia region, Alexander Brechalov, said in a video statement that the still unidentified shooter got into a school in Izhevsk, the region’s capital, killed a guard and some of the children there. “There […]

A gunman appears to have opened fire at a conscription office in Russia amid soaring tensions over Vladimir Putin’s mobilisation. He critically wounded a recruitment officer at the enlistment centre in Siberia today, the local governor confirmed. The incident occurred in the town of Ust-Ilimsk in Irkutsk, a vast and sparsely populated region as Russians across […]

By Gavin Jones and Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) -Giorgia Meloni looks set to become Italy's first woman prime minister at the head of its most right-wing government since World War Two after leading a conservative alliance to triumph at Sunday's election. Near final results showed the rightist bloc should have a solid majority in both […]

A little-seen film documenting the rise of Australia’s black power movement in the 1970s and the establishment of the Aboriginal Embassy in Canberra has been saved from oblivion and will be shown at cinemas across the country. Italian filmmaker Alessandro Cavadini was embedded in the embassy for the length of the shoot, and his film […]

Pound drops to ALL-TIME low of $1.035 against the US dollar: Sterling plunges as Kwasi Kwarteng’s ‘mini-Budget’ of tax cuts and more borrowing rattles markets The pound dropped to an all-time low of $1.035 against the US dollar today Markets opened the weekend after Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-Budget His pledge to cut £45billion of taxes […]

After Donald Trump suggested last week that as president “you can declassify just by saying it’s declassified, even by thinking about it,” Republican Wyoming Senator John Barrasso disagreed — but only after George Stephanopoulos pressed him on the issue twice on ABC’s “This Week.” During an interview on Sunday, Barrasso was asked by Stephanopoulos about […]

Hundreds of protesters clash with riot police across London demanding end to Iran’s regime: Cops are wounded in demos outside Islamic centres in capital amid fury over death of young woman arrested for breaking Tehran’s anti-hijab laws Scotland Yard said the disorder at Sunday’s protest initially broke out at the Iranian embassy in London The […]

THIS is the horror moment two aerobatic stunt planes collided mid-air before tumbling to the ground leaving both pilots dead. The horrific crash happened near the Leumnitz airfield in Gera,Germany shortly after 6 pm on Saturday. Dramatic footage shows the two aircraft flying parallel before an elaborate manoeuvre goes wrong leading them to crash and […]

A TORY row exploded over plans to increase foreign workers to plug staffing shortages. Cabinet ministers locked horns over immigration rules as they discussed expanding the seasonal worker scheme. Home Secretary Suella Braverman and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch are understood to have pushed back on using migrants to solve the problem. And hardline Conservative MPs […]

Key points Rightist bloc set for majority in both houses, exit polls show. Giorgia Meloni would be country’s first woman prime minister. The early vote follows collapse of Mario Draghi’s government. Rome: A right-wing alliance led by Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party looks set to win a clear majority in the next parliament, exit […]