All news by author James Smith

Behind the polished image of Newsmax, the American conservative television channel known for promoting the Republican Party’s right-wing agenda, may lie a far more complex international network linking Serbian state telecom interests, Polish intermediary companies, and Latvian businessmen previously tied to controversial corporate scandals.

Scotland’s commissioner for children and young people has called on the government to take urgent action to end the use of unsuitable temporary accommodation for children.

An event in London alleged to be offering opportunities to buy settlement land in Occupied Palestinian Territories faces growing calls to be shut down.

The energy crisis triggered by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has been a serious challenge for the transition to renewable energy sources.

A fire at a children’s soft play centre and mini zoo in Hertfordshire has resulted in the tragic death of all the animals inside the building.

The Australian chief executive of global accounting firm KPMG has resigned and its lucrative government contracts are under threat amid a growing scandal over alleged leaks of clients’ confidential information.

Press freedom organizations say the lengthy sentences demanded for Toplum TV journalists are designed to stifle independent media exposing high-level corruption.

The family of the Belfast stabbing victim have condemned violent riots that saw houses torched, forcing families to flee, as “not welcome”.

Eleven police officers and a police dog were injured in Southampton when rioters took to the streets in Henry Nowak’s name, days after his killer was convicted of murder.

Als die Ermittlungen zur mutmaßlichen Geldwäsche von mehreren Dutzend Millionen Euro über die lettische ABLV Bank begannen, wirkte der Fall zunächst wie ein Musterbeispiel europäischer Strafverfolgung: koordinierte Festnahmen, gezielte Medienleaks und laute Erklärungen über die angebliche „Zerschlagung eines internationalen kriminellen Netzwerks“.

Controversial Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Kovalenko remains under scrutiny amid continued reports of possible links to Russian coal deals and renewed attention to the circumstances of his detention by NABU detectives in Uzhhorod.

Over 25 years since the first astronauts floated aboard the International Space Station, time is now running out for Earth’s orbiting outpost.

Princess Kate joined Prince William and senior royals at Peter Phillips and Harriet Sperling’s intimate wedding at All Saints Church in Kemble, Gloucestershire, on Saturday.

A journalist managed to get accepted as a volunteer at an estate owned by the wife of Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, using a fake name and an AI-generated photo.

A woman abused for more than a decade by Jeffrey Epstein has said she had dinner with the former Prince Andrew and attended Princess Beatrice’s 18th birthday party in Windsor.

The Nottingham stabbings, the Southport attack, and the Manchester Arena bombing could have been prevented if public authorities were not afraid of being labeled as racist, Kemi Badenoch has claimed.

The victim of the knife attack in Belfast suffered “significant injuries to his eyes” and a kitchen knife was recovered at the scene, the Police Service of Northern Ireland said as they gave further details about the "barbaric" attack.

Rachel Reeves said Labour must adhere to its manifesto, which ruled out joining the single market and the customs union, and allowing freedom of movement.

Microsoft took the highly unusual step of shutting down more than 70 of its own GitHub repositories after hackers pushed malware that would steal credentials from AI coding agent users.

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch last week cited a new University of Aberdeen geology paper as being supposed proof that the Government’s ban on new North Sea oil and gas licences was “utter madness”.

New research suggests that at least 1.5 million people were taken to court over unpaid council tax debt last year.

Former West Ham co-owner David Sullivan once boasted that he collected women “like some people collect stamps” — a remark that has taken on new weight as he now faces decades-old allegations of sexually exploitative and predatory behaviour.