David Lammy mocked for ‘ordering civil servants’ at the Ministry of Justice to call him ‘Deputy Prime Minister’
By BRENDAN CARLIN Published: 18:27 EST, 8 November 2025 | Updated: 04:20 EST, 9 November 2025 David Lammy faced mockery from Labour and Tories alike over claims that he insists…
This year’s 80ft 12-ton Rockefeller Center Christmas tree rides into NYC to kick off the holidays
This year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has arrived in New York City after being donated by a family in memory of their loved one. Crews transported the magnificent 80ft Norway…
More diplomatic and economic tensions surface between China, Japan as a bumpy week ends
BEIJING — A week in which longtime tensions between neighbors China and Japan ratcheted up economically and politically drew to a close with no sign of improvements Friday as the…
A timeline of how the protests in Iran unfolded and grew
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Demonstrations broke out in Iran on Dec. 28 and have spread nationwide as protesters vent their increasing discontent over the Islamic Republic’s faltering economy and…
Asian shares rise and US futures are flat after modest Wall Street moves
HONG KONG — Asian shares were mostly higher on Friday following mixed moves on Wall Street, where President Donald Trump’s talk of raising defense spending spurred a rally in military-related…
Trump says he doesn’t need international law amid aggressive US policies
United States President Donald Trump has dismissed international law, saying only his “own morality” can curb the aggressive policies he is pursuing across the world after the abduction of Venezuela’s…
North Carolina may lose $50M in federal funds over flawed immigrant trucker licenses
North Carolina could lose nearly $50 million in federal funding if the state doesn’t revoke commercial driver’s licenses from immigrants who aren’t qualified to hold them after an audit uncovered…
Two wounded in a shooting with US federal agents in Portland, Oregon
Federal agents in the United States have shot and injured two people in the city of Portland, Oregon, a city where the administration of President Donald Trump has led an…
‘Peace’ on paper, but catastrophe continues on the ground in Gaza
The Take Despite an agreed-upon ‘peace plan’, Israel continues to violate the ceasefire. In the three months since the United States unveiled a 20-point Gaza plan, more than 400 Palestinians…
US says it wants to control Venezuelan oil indefinitely. Can it?
The United States government has said it aims to control Venezuelan oil sales indefinitely. “We need to have that leverage and that control of those oil sales to drive the…


TSA says it is on verge of closing AIRPORTS as shutdown triggers security shortages and leaves travel hubs at breaking point
Donald Trump continues talks of 15-point Iran peace plan
Sneaky two words that allowed ship to sail through the Strait of Hormuz
Why Josh Simons Resigned From Government
US soldiers ‘seriously’ wounded and planes damaged after Iranian missile attack on air base
Anthony Albanese uses new security powers to make a dramatic announcement about Australia’s fuel crisis
The world’s first Gen Alpha dictator? Kim Jong-Un’s teen daughter has a hairstyle it’s illegal to copy
Ministers have ‘zero credibility’ on petrol crisis: Asda boss in furious blast at Labour as prices top £1.50 a litre… after Chancellor and PM claimed forecourts were ‘profiteering’

































































































