POLITICS
The truth behind Russia’s continuing war in Syria
All the signs are that as the partial truce in Syria fails and the peace talks falter, the Russian military and its Syrian allies are gearing up for a new offensive in and around Aleppo. Last week, the Pentagon said forces loyal to the Syrian government were beginning "to mass and concentrate combat power around...
Is this the end for Bernie Sanders?
Hillary Clinton may have delivered a knockout blow. Donald Trump threatens to put the #NeverTrump movement on the ropes. The brawl that's been the 2016 presidential campaign is entering its final round, and it looks increasingly like we'll know the two contenders who will face off in the autumn title bout. Here are four...
New EU poll puts Brexit backers in the lead despite Obama scaremongering
THE campaign for Britain to cut ties with Brussels has edged into a two-point lead in the EU referendum battle, a dramatic opinion poll has revealed. Pollsters ICM found that 46 per cent of those quizzed want the UK to leave while 44 per cent want to stay. The result suggests that Barack Obama’s call for the UK to stay in...
TICKING TIME-BOMB: Greece set to run out of cash by MAY pushing Europe into ANOTHER crisis
DEBT-ridden Greece is dangerously close to running out of cash and plunging the eurozone into a fresh crisis. Athens desperately needs £4BILLION worth of aid from creditors but is refusing to make any further cutbacks to government spending. The payment is part of a third bailout agreed for Greece last summer as the...
Taxpayers hit with £650 MILLION in fines by EU
AT least £650million of British taxpayers’ cash has been handed to Brussels in fines for misspending European Union grants. Last night MPs warned that ministers have only just woken up to the scandal. Civil servants had made the problem worse by complicating bureaucratic EU schemes for areas like farm subsidies...
US election 2016: Trump sweeps all five US states
Donald Trump has won presidential primaries in all five US states that voted on Tuesday, while Hillary Clinton triumphed in four out of five. Mr Trump called himself the Republican "presumptive nominee" after victories in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. The results bring him closer to...
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Kasich tells Indiana voters to support him, despite pledge not to campaign
Ohio Gov. John Kasich appeared Monday to undercut his campaign's extraordinary agreement with Republican presidential rival Sen. Ted Cruz to stand aside in the key state of Indiana by urging voters in the Hoosier State to support him anyway. "I've never told them not to vote for me," Kasich said while...
What Will New US Forces Do in Syria?
The additional 250 U.S. special operations troops heading to Syria in the coming days will be a "force multiplier," meeting with local fighters and providing expertise to Syrians willing to take on Islamic State, according to the Pentagon. "This is as much about introductions and connections and seeing...
On Election Eve For Five States, Trump Rips Cruz And Kasich
Republican Donald Trump, on the eve of primary elections in five states that he is expected to sweep, launched blistering attacks on Monday on rivals Ted Cruz and John Kasich for their 11th-hour joint effort aimed at denying him the party’s presidential nomination. The Cruz-Kasich agreement, which some stop-Trump...
US election: Cruz-Kasich pact ‘desperate’ says Trump
Donald Trump says a pact formed by his two rivals for the Republican presidential crown is a desperate act. He lambasted Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Ohio Governor John Kasich over the alliance they announced late on Sunday. Under their plan, Mr Cruz and Mr Kasich will give each other a free run in state primary votes next month....