All news by author James Smith

Tens of thousands of U.S. civil servants were approved to accept a buyout from Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday after a federal judge authorized the unprecedented downsizing initiative to move forward.

A mother-of-four shot all her daughters, leaving three of them dead and one fighting for her life, and then turned the gun on herself.

Football fans will be banned from drinking alcohol in Saudi Arabia during the 2034 World Cup – without any exceptions.

With Elon Musk’s understanding of technology and his obvious preference to cheap but sophisticated unmanned systems, one can hope that he will soon turn his ire to America’s budget-busting carrier force.

The U.S., U.K., and Australia target a Russian-based bulletproof hosting provider with sanctions, for its critical role in facilitating cybercriminal activities, including major ransomware attacks.

A recent U.S. sanctions notice has put the spotlight on an alleged narcotics ring from the small Baltic country, which purportedly includes a previously-convicted trafficker dubbed a “global kingpin” of the trade.

Elizabeth Genia was appointed governor of the Bank of Papua New Guinea despite fighting in court to block a police investigation into suspected money laundering. She has not been charged.

A London train station was named one of the best stations in Europe – the only UK station to make the top 10 list.

A mum who dragged a rival parent to the ground and repeatedly kicked her in the face outside a primary school has avoided jail.

MI5 misled three courts while defending its management of a misogynistic neo-Nazi state agent who assaulted his girlfriend with a machete, the BBC can reveal.

A search is ongoing after a woman was sexually assaulted by two men in a wooded area yesterday morning.

Nearly a dozen Labour councillors have been suspended from the party for involvement in a WhatsApp group that has already seen two MPs lose the whip.

Steve Bannon, the confidant of President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty Tuesday to defrauding New Yorkers who donated to "We Build the Wall," an online fundraiser for Trump’s signature project during his first term, in exchange for a sentence without prison time.

Imagine Kay Ewer exploited the 16-year-old boy, who has special educational needs, and manipulated the youngster into thinking he was "the one," a court was told.

A doctor in Berlin who was first arrested in August on suspicion of killing four elderly patients is now suspected of killing a total of 10 patients.

A woman was ‘racially abused’ on a train from London to Manchester by a ‘drunk’ man raving about how England conquered the world.

Captain Sir Tom Moore’s daughter has said his family has been left ‘devastated’ by the official investigation into the charity in his name.

With vacant buildings, for sale signs and the constant rumble of new development — what’s next for Billionaires’ Row?

Italy-based David Yambio, a critic of Meloni government, helps ICC find evidence of abuse of detainees in Libya.

Danish campaigners are proposing to buy California from the United States and turn it into a territory of Denmark in response to Donald Trump’s bid to acquire Greenland.

President Trump claims that Ukraine has “essentially agreed” to give the US half a trillion dollars worth of rare earth minerals as payment for the military aid Washington has provided Kyiv.