Lindsay Lohan is known as the queen of hot mess moments, but sources say that the new man in her life has made a huge positive impact on the troubled star. 29-year-old Lohan has reportedly been dating London estate agent Igor Tarabasov for the past several months. She met the 22-year-old Russia native back in October, and they...
US ratings agency Moody's has cut its outlook for China from "stable" to "negative". While reaffirming its current debt rating, the agency warned that reforms were needed to avoid a downgrade. Moody's said the change in outlook was based on expectations that Beijing's fiscal strength would...
The European Union is preparing to spend hundreds of millions of euros on humanitarian aid, as Greece struggles to cope with an influx of migrants. Under plans to be submitted on Wednesday, EU funds could be deployed within Europe in the same way they are used to help crises outside the bloc. The UN has warned of a humanitarian...
About 30 black students who were standing silently at the top of the bleachers at Donald Trump’s rally here Monday night were escorted out by Secret Service agents who said the presidential candidate had requested their removal before he began speaking. The sight of the students, who were visibly upset, being led outside...
AMERICA has warned of an “unprecedented catastrophe” which could see millions killed if a crumbling dam near an Islamic State stronghold collapses. The resulting "tsunami-like wave" would crush nearly a third of Iraq, flatten major cities and wipe out hundreds of thousands of those living under ISIS...
An aid convoy has reached one of several besieged towns in Syria, as the UN takes advantage of a partial truce brokered by the US and Russia. The UN and its partners are stepping up deliveries of food, water and medicine, and plan to reach more than 150,000 people over the next five days. They hope to help 1.7 million in...
Argentina has signed an agreement with US hedge funds to settle a protracted dispute over its failure to repay $95bn worth of bonds. It will pay the funds who sued the nation about $4.6bn to settle claims. They had bought the bonds at heavily discounted prices after the country's economy collapsed in 2001. The previous...
THE COST of welfare to unemployed EU migrants in the UK is on track to breaking the £1billion mark new figures have revealed. In a huge blow to the Remain campaign a 43-page government dossier has revealed that in 2013/14 welfare to jobless EU migrants cost the taxpayer £886million. The colossal bill for the...
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are in a pitched battle for the Democratic nomination, fighting for the hearts and minds of left-leaning voters across the US. But where do they stand on the issues? While the candidates often agree on substance if not style, here's a look at five areas where they differ — not just...
On Super Tuesday Donald Trump's hostile takeover of the Republican Party should come even closer, and like stiff-collared executives in some wood-panelled boardroom trying belatedly to fight off a corporate raid, the GOP high command seems incapable of stopping him. For them, Super Tuesday could become Black Tuesday. Friday...
Europe cannot allow Greece to fall into "chaos", German Chancellor Angela Merkel says, amid sharp divisions among members over the migrant crisis. Austria and several Balkan countries have introduced restrictions stranding migrants in Greece. Mrs Merkel said EU nations had not battled to keep Greece in the euro just...
A leading Iranian cleric has accused reformists of colluding with the West to block hardline appointments to the country's Assembly of Experts. Millions of Iranians voted on Friday for members of the assembly, which appoints Iran's supreme leader, and also in parliamentary elections. Reformists and moderates have won...