Infighting

Some of Britain's best-loved 20th-century writers were denounced as drunkards, snobs and authors of extreme pornography during a search to fill the prestigious role of Poet Laureate, newly released documents have revealed.Sir…

The video was shocking — not just for what it showed but also for what was said.Yevgeny Prigozhin, the outspoken millionaire head of the private military contractor Wagner, stood in front of the bloodied bodies of his slain troops in…

Mikhail Khodorkovsky (R), a Putin critic like jailed leader Alexei Navalny (L), says the latter’s party can’t entertain the idea of multiple leaders fighting to dethrone the Russian President. (Image: Reuters)A closed door meeting in…

The president of France's Olympic Committee resigned unexpectedly on Thursday, the latest leadership shake up of French sports and preparations for the Summer Olympics in Paris next year.Brigitte Henriques, a former soccer player on the…

Last Updated: May 07, 2023, 12:04 ISTBritain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. (File photo/AFP)Labour is now the largest party in local government - overtaking the Conservatives for the first time since 2002In fresh trouble ahead of the General…

The depth of the infighting inside the Russian government appears broader and deeper than previously understood, judging from a newly discovered cache of classified intelligence documents that has been leaked online.The additional…

The relaunching this week of the investigation into the August 2020 Beirut port blast triggered an unprecedented impasse with the lead judicial investigator and top prosecutor slapping charges against each other.…

Britain’s interior minister quit on Wednesday with a broadside at Liz Truss before her lawmakers openly quarrelled in parliament, underscoring the erosion of the prime minister’s authority after just weeks in the job. The departure of…

Prime Minister Liz Truss is seeking to rally MPs around her her tax-cutting policies following political infighting and market turmoil.Jacob King | Pa Images | Getty ImagesLONDON — British Prime Minister Liz Truss insisted Wednesday that…

HONG KONG : Iran hopes history will repeat itself at this November's World Cup in Qatar, 24 years after overcoming a fractious build-up to score a memorable triumph over the United States - the country's decades-long geopolitical rival…