From abuse claims to an alleged sex tape: The Mark Latham scandal

Former federal Labor leader Mark Latham has been embroiled in scandal this week, with allegations of inappropriate behaviour while sitting in parliamentary chambers.Once a prime ministerial hopeful as he faced John Howard... Read more »

Company insolvencies fall in England and Wales, in ‘glimmer of relief’; Trump blasts Fed board – business live | Business

Company insolvencies in England and Wales fall Just in: the number of companies in England and Wales falling into insolvency dropped last month. The Insolvency Service has reported that there were 2,043... Read more »

Misinformation fuels anti-migrant riots in Spain – DW – 07/18/2025

What happened in Torre Pacheco Several days of unrest in the town of Torre Pacheco, near Murcia, have highlighted rising tensions over migration in Spain.  Sixty-eight-year-old pensioner Domingo Tomas Martinez had said he was... Read more »

5 immigrants deported by the US to Eswatini in Africa are held in solitary confinement

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Five immigrants deported by the United States to the small southern African nation of Eswatini under the Trump administration’s third-country program are in prison, where they will... Read more »

Brazil’s President Lula says Trump was ‘not elected to be emperor of the world,’ as US-Brazil spat escalates

CNN  —  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has hit back at Donald Trump’s tariff threats, saying that his American counterpart was elected as the leader of the United States and... Read more »

Visiting Kyoto in an Age of Overtourism

In recent years, as Japan has seen a steady surge in overseas visitors, the issue of overtourism has come to the fore. Kyoto, in particular, is bearing the brunt of it: reports... Read more »

More than 20 schools in Delhi receive bomb threats, here’s what we know so far

This comes days after nearly ten schools and one college in the national capital received bomb threats via email over the last three days, prompting police action and temporary closures. More than... Read more »

Bedouin fighters surround Suwayda as clashes with Druze escalate

2025-07-18T11:29:29+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Suwayda Hundreds of armed Bedouin fighters from Arab tribes have reached the outskirts of Suwayda city in southern Syria, after seizing... Read more »

Victim-survivor lashes parole board for granting Salim Mehajer release

A bankrupt former Western Sydney deputy mayor and property developer has been released from prison after almost five years, which his domestic violence victim-survivor has lashed as “grossly unfair” and a “systemic... Read more »

This fiasco didn’t start when Britain leaked Afghans’ names, but when we invaded their country | Simon Jenkins

What odds on a public inquiry into the Afghan superinjunction? Gold-plated, judge-led, three years of fun and games, that is how British politics normally kicks an embarrassment into the long grass. And... Read more »