Many Western countries are grappling with deep political instability. What are the causes of this, and what could be a possible way forward? asks MARC VANDEPITTE ...

The welcome news that Cuba has finally been removed from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list is tempered by the fact that Donald Trump, the man who put it there, is returning to the White House, warn ...

Thanks to impressive progress in Britain with wind and solar generation, clean electricity now costs a fraction of the price of gas — yet the current system keeps bills artificially high to protect ...

By spreading race-based conspiracy theories, the billionaire tycoon turned right-wing provocateur has been seriously undermining the case against those who really did let victims of the grooming gangs ...

Environmental charity Open Seas has warned that the draft Planning Position Statement (PPS), outlining the SNP government’s approach to the updating of the national marine plan, could remove “whole ...

“Yesterday was a bloody day and today is bloodier,” said Zaher al-Wahedi, head of Gaza Health Ministry’s registration ...

RAIL union RMT has suspended planned strike action on Avanti West Coast services for the next two Sundays to allow for ...

LABOUR has announced a “national review” into the scale of child grooming gangs. But Home Secretary Yvette Cooper stressed ...

LAWYERS representing South Korea’s impeached president said yesterday he will refuse further questioning after being detained by anti-corruption officials over his ill-fated declaration of martial law ...

CANADA’S outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday that “nothing is off the table” when it comes to responding to proposed tariffs by US President-elect Donald Trump. Mr Trudeau added ...

THE death toll has risen to at least 87 in a stand-off between police and miners trapped while working illegally underground at an abandoned goldmine in South Africa, police said today. This came as ...

THE Shetland Island of Unst could host the first launch of a space rocket from British soil after winning regulatory approval from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). German company Rocket Factory ...