The Trump administration’s forcible appropriation of a fifth of Venezuela’s oil reserves is worse than the theft of national ...
The AfD’s victory in Saxony-Anhalt has roots specific to eastern Germany. But the economic insecurity behind its rise is increasingly visible across the country.
The global war on terror, born from the ashes of the twin towers, perpetuates itself by constantly seeking new targets ...
As recently as late July, Westminster was in flux. Nigel Farage’s Reform UK was still leading the polls over Labour, as it had been for 18 months, but the Conservatives were close behind, with the ...
Reform has accepted more large donations than any other party in 2026, despite mounting funding scandals, new data shows ...
Punta Arenas, Chile. For more than a hundred years, fishermen on Capitán Aracena, an island in Chile’s southernmost territory, have told a local legend about one of the island’s caves. Anybody who ...
In October 2024, things weren’t looking good for Jonathan Gullis. The former MP and Conservative Party deputy chair had been unable to find work as a teacher, his old profession, since losing his ...
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From political homophobia to anti-Western populism, Africa’s right doesn’t fit neatly into familiar Western boxes ...
Our plan for this week was to report from Reform’s conference in Birmingham, but our reporter Ethan Shone was banned from the ...