India’s Modi visits Sri Lanka to shore up defence and energy ties

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Sri Lanka to expand defence and energy ties as Colombo balances relations with its powerful neighbour and biggest lender, China. Sri Lankan President…

Trump’s 10 percent tariff takes effect, raising fears of global trade war

The initial ‘baseline’ tariff comes into effect at US seaports, airports and customs warehouses as stock markets plummet across the world. US President Donald Trump’s widest-ranging tariffs to date have…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,136

These are the key events on day 1,136 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the deadly strike on his home city showed that Russia did not…

Pro-Palestinian protesters interrupt Microsoft’s 50th anniversary event

Reports say AI models from Microsoft were used as part of an Israeli military programme to select bombing targets in Gaza. A pro-Palestinian protest by Microsoft employees has interrupted the…

More than 500 firms sign brief in support of Trump-targeted law office

More than 500 law firms in the United States have rallied in support of Perkins Coie LLP, one of several legal offices that have been targeted under the administration of…

Trump’s chilling new warning to Iran’s Ayatollah over Houthi attacks: live updates

By KATELYN CARALLE SENIOR U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER Published: 08:50 EDT, 17 March 2025 | Updated: 07:18 EDT, 18 March 2025 President Donald Trump on Monday declared he will hold Iran…

Is this REALLY the new leader of the resistance? SCOTT JENNINGS reveals the laughable reason why Democrats are more hated than they’ve been in nearly four decades!

Sitting in the CNN green room on Sunday morning, awaiting my appearance on the State of the Union hosted by Jake Tapper, I had to laugh. There on the screen,…

Can Trump actually void Biden pardons? Legal experts weigh in on the president’s shock move

President Donald Trump sparked confusion when he declared President Biden’s pardons ‘void, vacant’ overnight, but legal experts say not so fast. The 78-year-old president posted that his predecessor’s pardons for…

Last Battle of Britain pilot dies aged 105: John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway was shot down four times and survived a plane crash. Now tributes pour in as his death draws to a close our ‘finest hour’

And then there were none. The last of ‘The Few’ has now flown to his maker. In 1940, John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway was one of that extraordinary band of brothers who…

Cruel mother who abused son Tony Hudgell so badly he lost both his legs is attacked in her prison cell

READ MORE: Tony Hudgell is delighted by visit from footballer Harry Maguire  By KATHERINE LAWTON Published: 13:22 EDT, 17 March 2025 | Updated: 17:54 EDT, 17 March 2025 A mother who…