All news by author Sophia Martinez

Asma Al Assad was once seen as the face of female liberation in the Middle East; with her successful career in banking and her secular British upbringing.

As statues of Assad and his father Hafez were being toppled across Syria, in Damascus a jubilant Ghazal al-Sharif was rejoicing. He said: “Damn his soul and the soul of the entire Assad family"

The Prince of Wales is set to meet Donald Trump in Paris on Saturday, as the pair join world leaders for the ceremonial reopening of Notre-Dame.

Out of 174 seats in the November election, 44 went to women in a representation of slightly more than 25%

Romania’s Constitutional Court has annulled the first round of the presidential election amid allegations of Russian interference, which reportedly helped far-right candidate Călin Georgescu emerge as a surprising frontrunner.

More than 1,600 people have been arrested following a week-long crackdown on county lines drug gangs.

TikTok star and model Gaxiola Orozco was killed when she was targeted by a gunman while sitting in her Mercedes Benz

Russian military intelligence (GRU) enlisted an Estonian pro-Russian propagandist to orchestrate a series of vandalism acts designed to intimidate and silence critics of Russia within Estonia. The targets of these attacks included the country’s interior minister.

Five months to the day since becoming Prime Minister, Keir Starmer delivered a major speech and unveiled his ’Plan for Change’ - a vision for the country over the next five years

More than half of British employers plan on cutting jobs and raising their prices in response to Labour’s first budget, a Bank of England survey has found.

Charles Hanson has appeared in Derby Crown Court through a video link for a short hearing concerning his upcoming trial for allegedly assaulting his estranged wife

Journalists and outlets writing about connections between the family of Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the "laundromat" for Russian "dirty" money, Octobank, have started receiving threats.

The chief executive of a major US health insurance company has been shot dead in New York.

It could take only six months for enemy soldiers to destroy the entire British Army in a major war, a defence minister has warned.

Nigerian anti-fraud agency makes historic asset recovery, seizing property linked to illegal activities by government officials.

Vladimir Putin has signed off record amounts of defence spending for Russia.

British Transport Police ‘exposed to a substance believed to be alkaline’ at railway station

A teenager has been killed and another is fighting for his life after falling off from a motorbike.

Social workers declined to provide short-term foster care for Mazeedat Adeoye whose mother had overstayed visa

The cost of a TV licence is to rise by £5 to £174.50 in 2025, the government has announced.

A series of human errors caused a New Zealand navy ship under the command of a former senior Royal Navy officer to plough into a reef off the coast of Samoa, where it caught fire and sank.

The Walton-on-Thames raid is believed to be linked to a similar incident in Kingston, and was witnessed by several locals who said the suspects drove into and looted the shopfront

It said Hezbollah were violating the ceasefire agreement, without providing details.