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Rebel Wilson’s application to have $1.3m of her $1.4m legal costs paid by Bauer Media, which was found to have defamed her, has been refused by an Australian court. In September Wilson was awarded the highest defamation payout in...

By Emma Brockes I am too far in to leave Facebook, but I want to register my disapproval of the company after their part in the data leak to Cambridge Analytica. What should I do? Ah, the urge...

The Belgian army has been criticised over plans to allow homesick recruits to sleep at home rather in barracks during their initial training, as it deals with a major recruitment crisis. The 28,000-strong army has suffered...

As a series of key international summits draw closer, Pyongyang is seeking support from a traditional ally, while Russia is keen to play a significant role on the international stage. Julian Ryall reports. Russian Foreign Minister...

The United States and its allies have decided to give Russian President Vladimir Putin a taste of his own medicine. It seems that the Kremlin is unprepared, the Russian journalist Konstantin Eggert writes. It was anything...

Myanmar’s army has sentenced seven soldiers to 10 years hard labor for the killing of 10 Rohingya people during last year’s military crackdown. The International Criminal Court is seeking jurisdiction over deportations. Seven Myanmar soldiers were...

 By Peter Beaumont Netanyahu built his career on promising to be a bulwark against Iran, but instead his failures are contributing to the escalation across the Middle East. Clever wheezes in the Middle East have the...

What are the potential targets? After the 2017 Khan Sheikhoun attack, Donald Trump ordered a strike on the airfield that launched the Syrian jets involved. The 59 cruise missiles launched from US warships in the Mediterranean damaged...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are to break with tradition for their wedding, with UK and foreign politicians not on the official guest list. Donald Trump, the US president, and his predecessor, Barack Obama, have not been invited...

The chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group met Donald Trump at the White House during a visit to pitch a potentially lucrative new product to administration officials, the Guardian has learned. David D Smith, whose company has been criticised...