Pledging that clerical sexual abuse should "never happen again", the Vatican yesterday unveiled a set of new rules designed to alter how the Church deals with abuse accusations - particularly those made against bishops and other higher-ups.
Nigel Farage, whose Brexit Party is leading the opinion polls for the UK European elections, is routinely described as a right-wing populist and nationalist. Yet, if we examine Farage's social views, he emerges as, essentially, a liberal and a libertarian.
Through much of this spring, US President Donald Trump has made a big deal out of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Bernie Sanders calling themselves democratic socialists. He likens them to Venezuela's dictator Nicolás Maduro. But no one in the United States is advocating a government takeover of coal mines or oil fields - not Ocasio-Cortez,...
Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa's reformist president, has consolidated his tenuous hold on power after his ruling African National Congress (ANC) avoided electoral disaster yesterday.
Comedian Danny Baker has been sacked by the BBC after tweeting a joke about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's new baby using a picture of a monkey.
Any Iranian attack against the United States or allies will be met with force, the US special representative for Iran said.
The United States has built a new missile, known as a "ninja" bomb, that kills with a ring of steel blades rather than by exploding.
