Politics

British family speaks out over nine-year ordeal after husband is abducted by Saudi Arabia

Mira Lozi says quiet diplomacy has failed to free Rami Naimi who was first seized in Dubai in 2017

UK accuses Israeli ‘terrorists’ of ethnic cleansing in West Bank with government backing

In strongest condemnation ever by UK government, Ed Miliband announces sweeping sanctions on trade with Israeli settlements

UK implements restrictions on trade to Israeli settlements in West Bank

The United Kingdom announced new trade restrictions Tuesday on Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including a ban on imports from the settlements, marking the latest international move against the Israeli communities in Palestinian territories.

Family of slain teen calls for death penalty in murder trial of singer D4vd

David Burke’s defense argues there is no evidence he had any intent of killing 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez

Saudi Arabia promises response to Houthi attacks

Saudi Arabia promised to retaliate against the Houthis, an Iran-backed militia based in Yemen, on Tuesday after the rebel group wounded at least 73 Saudi civilians in airstrikes.

UK announces new Israeli settlement sanctions, despite U.S. warning of economic consequences

U.S. officials have warned the U.K. of potential economic consequences if it moves ahead with sanctions targeting Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

Congress has a chance to deliver for America’s veterans. It should take it

More than 1.7 million veterans live with PTSD, and veterans continue to face a suicide risk disproportionately higher than the civilian population. Yet veterans often wait weeks, if not months, to receive treatment.

US real estate agent duct-taped and zip-tied to plane seat after ‘racial slurs’ is fired

The man, also accused of homophobic slurs on American Airlines flight, faces assault and disorderly conduct charges

America: the gulf, the lake and now the state – what’s next on Trump’s huge renaming spree?

Farewell, New Mexico. The war isn’t going well and nowhere on Earth is safe from the US president’s favourite displacement activity

Trump's approval rating is plummeting – as his fortune grows and grows

The US president says criticising his soaring investment portfolio is ‘very unfair’. Tell that to the millions of Americans struggling with the cost of living

The Novel That Looks Death in the Eye

Emma Cline’s Switzy might not make readers happy, but it could strike them with moments of sublime clarity.

Anti-AfD protests sweep Germany as far right closes in on two more states

Alarm that Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania may fall next after party’s Saxony-Anhalt election victory