IF the last few years have taught us anything, surely it is that who is in the hot seat when a decision has to be made matters, and indeed how ...

Lebanon’s Hezbollah has launched more than 100 rockets across a wider and deeper area of northern Israel, with some landing near the city of Haifa, as the sides appear to be heading for all-out war.

Kenya’s president William Ruto arrived in Haiti on Saturday, claiming that because of a Kenyan police force battling gangs, ...

EVEN by the exacting standards of the Middle East’s capacity for volatility and unpredictability, this past week’s turn of events has been extraordinary. While Israel has dubbed it a “new phase” of ...

NEWBIE Scottish Labour MPs declared more than £1000 in freebies within weeks of being elected to Parliament, the Sunday National can reveal.

New York City’s interim police commissioner revealed late on Saturday that federal authorities had executed search warrants at his homes. Thomas Donlon, who became the interim commissioner just one ...

Marxist-leaning politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads early official results in Sri Lanka’s presidential election, according to tallies released on Sunday by the Election Commission. However, he ...

A DEMAND has been made for a full review of the system for handing out government grants to companies to plant trees in Scotland for ...

PRINCE William has been slammed after hosting an event at a Scottish venue with close ties to a well-known convicted drug dealer.

CONVENIENTLY for some, Mohamed Al Fayed, erstwhile owner of Harrods (and a Scottish castle) is now dead. Which may have prompted a number of ...

The Commonwealth Games will head to Glasgow in 2026 but with a limited timescale and a reduced budget so can it possibly be a success?

AS I enter the room, I am instantly hit with a mix of languages, with Portuguese and English being the two predominant ones.