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“Five years ago there was nothing here,” says Hamad Said Al Rawahi as he drives fast along a stretch of freshly paved highway in Oman’s coastal desert. He just picked me up from the side of...

A homeless man living in Benidorm allegedly paid €100 (£89) by a British stag group to have the groom’s name tattooed on his forehead has said he accepted the offer out of desperation. Tomek, 34, who met the...

Facebook has banned four pages run by American conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for “repeated violations of Community Standards”, the company said on Monday. The removal of the pages – the Alex Jones Channel Page, the Alex...

China has unveiled plans to impose retaliatory tariffs on US imports worth $60bn (£46bn), firing the latest volley in the mounting trade disputebetween the world’s two largest economies. Signalling the nation’s readiness to respond to the higher...

Two people have died from apparent heatstroke in Spain and parts of the country are on red alert as the first heatwave of the summer tightens its grip on the Iberian peninsula, with temperatures as high as 45C...

Jeremy Corbyn has broken his silence over the antisemitism row engulfing Labour, acknowledging the party has “a real problem” over the issue but strongly rejecting the idea that it poses any threat to the Jewish community in the UK....

On the corner couch of a spacious room, a woman wearing a brightly patterned robe sits expectantly. The red hijab that covers her hair is reflected in a glass-fronted cabinet; inside, a framed photograph of her...

By Seth Hettena Even as new evidence surfaces that someone, probably in Russia, is meddling with another American election, we can forget about strict punishment from sanctions for at least one of the Russian oligarchs closest to...

By Thomas B. Edsall The Democratic Party is a traditional political organization dedicated to winning elections. It is also a social justice movement, the political home of societal change. The party has often been further out front...

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Protests in Zimbabwe’s capital turned violent on Wednesday as demonstrators called the country’s elections a sham and armed soldiers swept the streets. At least three people were reported dead. On Thursday, the army...