Reform UK leader Nigel Farage will vacate his parliamentary seat and attempt to win it back in an effort to “stick two fingers up to the establishment.” Farage’s finances are currently being investigated in what he calls an “establishment hit-job.”
Blaming the British establishment and media for revelations about his connections to crypto billionaires and convicted aristocrats, Nigel Farage resigned as an MP on Tuesday before announcing his intention to compete in the resulting by-election.
An Israeli tourist received an automated email from a hotel she had booked in Italy, informing her that the hotel was part of BDS Italy's "No Room for Genocide" campaign, leading her to cancel her booking.
The EU’s most prominent right-wing think tank, MCC Brussels, is “pursuing a number of options for future funding” after the Hungarian government ordered its parent organization to close by the end of the month.
Nigel Farage, leader of Britain's Reform UK party, said Tuesday he is resigning as the member of Parliament for Clacton to trigger a by-election in the Essex constituency, which he intends to contest as the party's candidate.
LONDON — POLITICO’s London Playbook goes live Tuesday afternoon with a series of interviews just days before Andy Burnham is expected to become Britain’s next prime minister — and after Reform UK’s Nigel Farage sensationally quit as an MP to trigger a by-election in his Clacton seat.
Nigel Farage, the leader of Britain's right-wing Reform UK party, announced Tuesday that he will step down from parliament to fight a "people versus the establishment" special election.
The Paris appeal court has upheld Marine Le Pen's conviction for misusing EU funds but shortened her sentence, clearing the path for her to run in the April 2027 French presidential election.
London: British right-wing leader Nigel Farage has issued a shock decision to quit parliament over a string of media reports about his ties to wealthy donors – and said he will contest a by-election to prove he has a mandate from the public to stay in politics.
Beyond Ukraine's increasing kamikaze drone attacks on key Russian energy infrastructure, which appear to be fueling a domestic fuel crisis, Kyiv has now widened the pressure campaign of drone swarm attacks on Russia's shadow fleet of tankers.
Israel still has no national policy or designated government body to coordinate its response to foreign influence campaigns online, nine years after the threat was first identified, outgoing State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman said on Tuesday.
MANILA, Philippines — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday briefed President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on the military’s operational accomplishments and campaign plans during its first-semester 2026 Command Conference at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has just approved more than a dozen new Jewish settlements in the West Bank. But this latest wave of expansion is just the beginning, as different factions within Israel want to push its borders further into Lebanon, Syria, and beyond.
KYIV – Anastasiia Berezovska, a Ukrainian woman wanted for allegedly planting the parcel bomb that injured three people in Monaco last month, was found dead near Kyiv, the Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine said Tuesday.
PARIS — An appeals court on Tuesday cleared a possible path for Marine Le Pen to stand in next year’s presidential election — but under conditions she previously said she would not accept.
London: A French court has eased the way for right-wing leader Marine Le Pen to run for the nation’s presidency in an election next year, but she would have to wear an electronic ankle bracelet to serve out a sentence for misusing public funds.
Marine Le Pen can enter the race to become France's next president after judges confirmed her embezzlement conviction on appeal but handed her a reprieve on an election ban.
A French appeal court on Tuesday upheld Marine Le Pen's conviction for misusing EU funds but shortened her ban on running for public office, in theory preserving a path for the far-right leader to run in the 2027 presidential election.
An online feud between France captain Kylian Mbappe and Paraguayan Senator Celeste Amarilla has escalated into threats of legal action after the French footballer called the lawmaker a “despicable woman” in response to what he described as racist remarks.
ANKARA — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged allies Tuesday to make helping with air defense one of the key outcomes of NATO’s Ankara summit, warning that Ukraine still lacks the means to stop Russian ballistic missiles.
A French appeals court has opened the door for far right leader Marine Le Pen to potentially run in the 2027 presidential election but said she must wear an electronic tag.
The U.K. is at risk of recession if the artificial intelligence bubble pops, the Bank of England warned today, as investors increasingly park their cash into tech stocks.
Two bombs exploded near the hotel in Damascus where French President Emmanuel Macron was staying on Tuesday. Macron’s office said he was unaware of the blasts and met with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa as scheduled.
KYIV — Ukrainian armed forces hit multiple targets in Russia on Monday night, damaging an airport in Belgorod and a microchip manufacturer building "electronic warfare and weaponry" for Russia in the Bryansk region.
Palestinian families are demanding accountability over the deaths of children killed during Israeli military operations and settler attacks in the occupied West Bank since late 2023.
DAMASCUS — Two blasts rocked the Syrian capital near the hotel where French President Emmanuel Macron is staying during a visit for talks with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
“While the Australian Space Agency is busy identifying the space junk that washed up on a North Queensland beach, it feels like the perfect time to pitch a new tourism slogan for the Sunshine State,” thinks Jack Dikian of Mosman: “Beautiful One Day, Out of This World the Next.”