The 93-year-old monarch (pictured in Scotland) remains scrupulously neutral in public but is said to have told aides of her ‘disappointment in the current political class’.

(Bloomberg) — When thousands of black-clad protesters flooded a Hong Kong suburb Saturday to express anger over mob violence on their fellow activists, the police found themselves under attack.Mask-wearing demonstrators surrounded a police van, breaking a window while officers were still trapped inside. They spray-painted “dirty cops” and the names of local triad gangs on […]

Former Conservative communications chief Carrie Symonds has ‘really focused’ Boris Johnson since their relationship began and prevented his campaign being ‘macho’, according to Tory MPs.

Patrick Chappatte (above), a political cartoonist, revealed on Monday that The New York Times would cease publishing caricatures – weeks after the uproar over an anti-Semitic cartoon.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced a deadline at midnight Wednesday to form a new governing coalition as he tried to stave off a crisis that could trigger an unprecedented second election this year or even force the longtime leader to step down.

STEPHEN GLOVER: Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party has attracted millions of traditional Tory voters exasperated by the Government’s failure to honour the outcome of the June 2016 referendum.

In less than six years, Australia has had five prime ministers. Scott Morrison’s election victory, despite the Coalition losing 55 straight Newspolls, has discredited opinion polls.

April Fool's Day is possibly the worst time to believe anything you read on the Internet. Take, for example, former FBI Director James Comey a message he sent to his more than one million followers on Twitter. The former FBI director posted a photo to his account showing him standing with his back towards the […]

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused social media platforms Facebook, YouTube and Twitter of favoring his Democratic opponents over him and his fellow Republicans. “But fear not, we will win anyway, just like we did before! #MAGA,” he said in a tweet. MAGA refers to Trump’s 2016 campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again.” Facebook […]

Alí Domínguez, 27, disappeared last Thursday after attending a meeting to discuss humanitarian aid at the Caracas offices of Venezuelan newspaper El Nacional.