POLITICS
Greece bailout: Eurozone agrees ‘breakthrough’ debt deal
Eurozone finance ministers have agreed to extend further bailout loans to Greece as well as debt relief, in what they call a "major breakthrough". After late-night talks in Brussels, the ministers agreed to unlock 10.3bn euros ($11.5bn; £7.8bn) in new loans. The move came two days after the Greek parliament...
US election: Why has Trump caught Clinton in the polls?
For the first time in this long election campaign, Republican Donald Trump has pulled ahead of Democrat Hillary Clinton in the RealClearPolitics average of national polls. Mrs Clinton's double-digit lead, which she has held over the past several months, has vanished — and with it, apparently, Democrats'...
Afghan Taliban announce successor to Mullah Mansour
The Afghan Taliban have announced a new leader to replace Mullah Akhtar Mansour who was killed in a US drone strike. In a statement, the Taliban acknowledged Mansour's death for the first time and named his successor as Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada. Mansour was killed in a strike on his car in Pakistan's Balochistan...
Australia’s deputy PM ‘pulling strings’ in Depp’s head like ‘Hannibal Lecter’
Australia's Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce has said that he is "pulling strings" in Johnny Depp's head, like film villain Hannibal Lecter. It comes after the actor said on a US television show that Mr Joyce looks "somehow inbred with a tomato". Depp's wife Amber Heard avoided a conviction in court last...
Who Are US Allies in Fight Against Islamic State?
When Islamic State fighters first arrived in the Syrian city of Raqqa before their leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared a caliphate the leaders of a Syrian militia called Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa, a minor Sunni Arab armed group, adapted to the newcomers — opportunistically collaborating with them to attack rivals and even...
Fourth British ISIS ‘Beatle’ EXPOSED as refugee who was radicalised ‘in just 17 DAYS’
THE FOURTH member of Jihadi John’s depraved crew of British terrorists has been revealed as a Sudanese refugee who came to the UK when he was five years old. El Shafee Elsheikh worked as a softly spoken fairground mechanic before becoming a member of the notorious British ‘Beatles’ of the Islamic State –...
Brazil leaked tape forces minister Romero Juca out
A close ally of Brazil's acting President Michel Temer is stepping aside in a new political scandal. Planning Minister Romero Juca was caught on tape allegedly conspiring to obstruct the country's biggest-ever corruption investigation. In the tapes, leaked by a newspaper, he appears to talk of stopping the probe at oil...
Austria election: Unity call after close defeat for far right
Austria's new president has vowed to listen to the people's "fear and anger" after his far-right opponent narrowly missed out on a landmark victory. Independent Alexander Van der Bellen beat the Freedom Party's Norbert Hofer by just 31,000 votes among the 4.64 million cast in Sunday's election. The...
Obama lifts arms export embargo on Vietnam
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — President Obama said Monday that the United States' relationship with Vietnam is moving to a "new moment," including an end to the half-century American arms embargo on its former war rival and a host of new business ties between the two nations. "Just a generation ago, we...
Far-Right close to victory in Austria
AUSTRIA looked set last night to become the first country in Europe to vote in a far-Right president. Norbert Hofer was close to clinching victory but with a wafer-thin margin. Freedom Party candidate Hofer, an aviation engineer, was in the lead with 51.9 per cent ahead of Alexander van der Bellen, a former Greens leader turned...
Cameron’s former strategy guru says Britain is ‘UNGOVERNABLE’ in the EU & calls for Brexit
THE "secretive" and "impenetrable" European Union does not have Britain's best interests at heart, the David Cameron’s former strategy guru has claimed. Steve Hilton, one of the Prime Minister’s oldest advisors, said Britain is "ungovernable" as long as it remains within the...
Austria presidential vote: Postal ballots to decide result
Postal ballots will decide Austria's presidential election after polling station results from Sunday's vote gave the far-right candidate a slender lead. Norbert Hofer of the Freedom Party was slightly ahead of his rival, Alexander Van der Bellen, the interior ministry said on Sunday. If elected, Mr Hofer would be the...