When Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed nearly six months ago, there was dancing in Tehran, and not just among his critics. Loyal subjects of the Islamic revolution danced too (see News, page 24). Khamenei led a murderous regime. As news of his...
A former neo-Nazi will advise the Conservatives on extremism after standing down as a local council candidate. Joshua Bonehill-Paine spent three years in prison after he was jailed in 2015 for posting antisemitic material before a planned...
Nearly 19 years after Meredith Kercher was murdered in Italy, her former flatmate Amanda Knox opened a show about the impact of the case at the Edinburgh Festival fringe. Knox, who was twice convicted of the murder and twice acquitted on appeal,...
• Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed a Nato-style defence pact. • A Kosovan MP threw an egg at the country’s acting prime minister during a parliamentary debate. • The US Senate narrowly confirmed Trump ally Todd Blanche as...
“Iran […] is going very well,” Donald Trump wrote in a social media post last week. He meant the five-month conflict but it could also apply to the Iranian regime. Some analysts believe it is taking revenge on the US president by delaying a...
A serial sex offender was found guilty on Friday of murdering two women and raping a third after a series of failures by police and prosecutors. Simon Levy, 40, killed Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo in March 2025 and Sheryl Wilkins five months...
A teenager killed his grandparents, five teachers and a student in a school shooting in Nonthaburi on the outskirts of Bangkok. The 14-year-old also injured 23 people in the attack before turning the gun on himself at Debsirin school – one of...
A judge in New Mexico ordered Meta to pay $567m to address harms caused to children’s mental health. Judge Bryan Biedscheid also ordered the firm to make changes to its Instagram and Facebook platforms to protect young users. Thursday’s ruling...