Emmanuel Macron suffered defeat at home in the European elections but could console himself with securing a kingmaker role that could determine the next five years of EU politics. The ardently Europhile French president was narrowly beaten by Marine Le Pen’s virulently anti-EU National Rally in the French vote but stands to benefit from a Read more about Emmanuel Macron embarrassed by Marine Le Pen in elections but emerges as EU kingmaker[…]

New Zealand’s Treasury chief said on Wednesday that the Treasury website was attacked 2,000 times in two days by hackers seeking access to budget details, a day after the country’s opposition party leaked details of the economic plan. "We identified multiple and persistent attempts to gain unauthorised access to our systems, and specifically budget related information," Read more about New Zealand opposition deny hacking government in budget leak[…]

Eight hundred Syrian women and children, including relatives of Isil jihadists, are to be released today on Monday from the Kurdish-run Al-Hol camp in northeast Syria despite concerns over security.  The group will be handed over to their families following negotiations between the Syrian Democratic Forces, the mainly Kurdish US proxy group that runs the camp, Read more about Isil relatives among 800 Syrian women and children to be released from notorious refugee camp […]

Nigel Farage’s friendship with Donald Trump was forged in a single moment of the 2016 presidential campaign, when almost all others abandoned the Republican nominee.    It was October 2016. The Access Hollywood tape had just been released, revealing in shocking detail how Mr Trump had once privately bragged about sexually assaulting women.  “When you’re a star, they Read more about How Nigel Farage’s support during Donald Trump’s darkest political hour cemented their friendship[…]

Terrorists linked to Iran were caught stockpiling tonnes of explosive materials on the outskirts of London in a secret British bomb factory, The Telegraph can reveal. Radicals linked to Hizbollah, the Lebanese militant group, stashed thousands of disposable ice packs containing ammonium nitrate – a common ingredient in homemade bombs. The plot was uncovered by MI5 Read more about Iran-linked terrorists caught stockpiling explosives in north-west London[…]

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s half-brother was an informant for the US Central Intelligence Agency before he was assassinated in Malaysia, it has been claimed.  The report of a “nexus” between the CIA and Kim Jong-nam, 45, surfaced in the Wall Street Journal on Monday, citing an unnamed “person knowledgeable about the matter.” However, the Read more about North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s assassinated brother was ‘CIA informant’[…]

Mohammed Morsi, the first democratically-elected president of Egypt who was then ousted in a 2013 military coup, collapsed and died in court on Monday, according to Egyptian state media.  Mr Morsi, 67, had been imprisoned since he was overthrown and reportedly fell over during a court appearance in one of several long-running prosecutions against him.   "He Read more about Former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi dies after collapsing in court[…]

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido has launched an investigation after two members of his team allegedly stole money destined to help deserting Venezuelans soldiers in Colombia. The pair, Kevin Rojas and Rossana Barrera – sister-in-law of opposition politician Sergio Vergara, Mr Guaido’s right-hand man – are accused of taking the money designated for supporting Venezuelans Read more about Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaido under pressure over alleged misappropriation of aid funds[…]

An iconic Ferrari has been recognised by an Italian court as a work of art, in an unprecedented judgment that will protect it from reproductions and imitations. The Ferrari 250 GTO is acclaimed as the world’s most valuable classic car, with one example selling at auction last year for $48 million (£38 million). Regarded as Read more about Iconic Ferrari 250 GTO recognised as work of art in bid to protect world’s most valuable classic car […]

German courts have ordered Angela Merkel’s government must allow an Isil bride and her children home. In the first ruling of its kind, a court ordered that the government must repatriate the woman from a refugee camp in Syria for the safety of her children.  The families of dozens of other German Islamic State of Iraq and Read more about German government ordered to allow Isil bride home[…]