All news by author James Smith

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s decision to keep his chamber on recess during the government shutdown is delaying a long-awaited vote on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files.

U.S. prosecutors have filed criminal hacking charges against 19-year-old U.K. national Thalha Jubair, alleging that he is a core member of Scattered Spider, a prolific cybercrime group accused of extorting at least $115 million in ransom payments from victims.

Will the UK sell 61,000 BTC, or pay victims the gains?

A man who stabbed his stepdaughter and husband at their East Sussex home ‘lost it’ before the two parents died.

A British ‘traitor’ fighting for Vladimir Putin set fire to his UK passport, more than a year into his role as a wannabe-warrior.

Russian authorities are conducting an investigation into the death of a prominent figure who fell from a window in western Moscow.

A British teenager missing in Thailand is feared to have been pulled into a scam operation run by Chinese gangs.

Men allegedly doused a mosque’s entrance with flammable liquid and set it on fire last night in an arson attack soon after evening prayers.

Gisèle Pelicot, who survived almost a decade of rape involving dozens of men after she was drugged by her ex-husband, will attend court in France again on Monday after one of the men convicted of raping her faces a second trial after appealing against his verdict.

Donald Trump has moved to deploy the national guard in another city by authorizing 300 troops to protect federal officers and assets in Chicago, where the government said border patrol agents shot and injured a woman while firing at someone who tried to run them over.

Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, abruptly dismissed the navy chief of staff on Friday, removing an aide who had been central to the Trump administration’s efforts to reshape the Pentagon.

Populist billionaire Andrej Babiš has won the Czech Republic parliamentary elections, preliminary results show, but fallen short of the overall majority.

A man has been killed and hundreds of thousands of homes on the island of Ireland are without power after Storm Amy caused widespread disruption on Friday.

Belgian police clashed with hundreds of demonstrators outside the European Union’s headquarters in Brussels on Thursday night, breaking up a protest against Israel’s interception of the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla and the arrests of activists aboard.

Strong winds and heavy rain were causing further disruption as Storm Amy hit large parts of the UK on Saturday.

A man in his 80s has died after being hit by a police vehicle that was on an emergency call.

A self-styled "African tribe" has been evicted from a site they moved to after being evicted from a previous camp.

Facing deep democratic backsliding, Georgia heads into local elections with opposition parties sidelined, watchdogs forced out by the different restrictive laws, international monitors invited too late, and oversight left largely to groups aligned with the ruling party.

More than 60 Georgian media and civil society organizations have been required to disclose donor and grant data under a new law, resulting in warnings that the government is utilizing regulations as a tool to intimidate and silence independent voices.

North Korea’s security services have launched a harsh crackdown on women with ‘capitalist’ breast implants, according to sources.

Metropolitan Police officers have been filmed allegedly being supportive of Tommy Robinson, making anti-Muslim comments, and using excessive force against suspects in custody.

A woman in South Carolina was handed the wrong lottery ticket – and a more than $300,000 jackpot along with it.

Defying years of alleged Russian attempts to influence its politics and hinder its European aspirations, Moldova decisively chose a pro-European direction in parliamentary elections on Sunday, granting a clear majority to the governing Action and Solidarity Party.