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Venezuela’s main opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado, has vowed to return home quickly, praising US President Donald Trump for toppling her enemy, captured president Nicolas Maduro, and declaring her movement ready to win a free…
Madam Deputy Speaker, there have been a number of developments in the Middle East that I’d like to update the House on, including Gaza, Iran, Yemen and Syria. I would also like to take the opportunity to provide an update on the case of Alaa…
Freezing weather gripped swathes of Europe on Tuesday, with snow and icy conditions forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights in the Netherlands and leading to the deaths of five people on French roads.All domestic rail services in the…
A spokesperson for the UN high commissioner for human rights, Volker Türk, has said it is “clear” that the US…
The British media’s obsession with the end of Keir Starmer’s premiership continues, with New Year’s coverage focusing on whether the prime minister will survive 2026.
Starmer began the year by telling BBC broadcaster Laura Kuenssberg…
When the news broke of Nicolás Maduro’s arrest following a US attack on Venezuela on January 3, que locura (“what madness”) was the line that seemed to capture the moment. As Venezuelans around the world reached for their phones and…
Judgement has been reserved in the trial of a County Tyrone man accused of trying to kill two PSNI officers with an improvised bomb.
Charlie Love, 31, of Bridge Street, Strabane, went on trial in March 2025 accused of the attempted murder of…