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Donald Trump returns to the hush money trial facing a threat of jail time for additional gag order violations as prosecutors gear up to summon big-name witnesses including adult film actor Stormy Daniels. A lawyer for Daniels, Clark Brewster, said…

German police broke up a protest by several hundred pro-Palestinian activists who had occupied a courtyard at Berlin’s Free University earlier in the day, the latest such action by authorities as protests that have stirred up campuses in the United…

Vladimir Putin began his fifth term as Russian leader at a glittering Kremlin inauguration, setting out on another six years in office after destroying his political opponents, launching a devastating war in Ukraine and concentrating all power in his hands.…

Millions of Indian voters across 93 constituencies were casting ballots as prime minister Narendra Modi has mounted an increasingly shrill election campaign, ramping up polarising rhetoric in incendiary speeches that have targeted the Muslim minority. In recent campaign rallies, Mr…

The US Federal Aviation Administration said it has opened an investigation into Boeing after the beleaguered company reported that workers at a South Carolina plant falsified inspection records on certain 787 planes. Boeing said its engineers have determined that misconduct…

Vladimir Putin begins his fifth term as Russian president in an opulent Kremlin inauguration, after destroying his political opponents, launching a devastating war in Ukraine and consolidating all power in his hands. Already in office for nearly a quarter-century and…

UK prime minister Rishi Sunak has insisted the result of the next UK general election “isn’t a foregone conclusion” and that he is “absolutely determined to fight” on after a drubbing for the Tories in the local and mayoral polls.…

A painting whose auction in Spain was halted in 2021 on suspicion that it might be a Caravaggio has been confirmed as a work by the Italian Baroque master, Spain’s Prado Museum has announced. The artwork, once considered to have…

Holocaust survivors and thousands of Israelis have joined a yearly memorial march at the site of Auschwitz which honours the six million Jews killed by Nazi Germany and celebrates the state of Israel. The mood at the March of the…

Former Scottish deputy first minister John Swinney said he was “deeply honoured” to have become the new leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP). Mr Swinney reacted on social media after the party confirmed he was the only candidate to…