Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s pick for FBI director, has repeatedly engaged with QAnon — the sprawling conspiracy theory that the top US law enforcement body currently says is linked to violent domestic extremism. Patel, 44, once said QAnon — based on the fantasy that Trump is waging a secret war against a global cabal of […]
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday will seek ways out of France’s political crisis, after Michel Barnier became the first prime minister to be ousted by parliament in over six decades. Lawmakers voted on Wednesday to oust Barnier’s government after just three months in office, approving a no-confidence motion proposed by the hard left but […]
Sales by major arms makers were boosted last year by wars in Ukraine and Gaza and tensions in Asia, with marked increases for manufacturers based in Russia and the Middle East, a report said Monday. Sales of arms and military services by the world’s 100 largest arms companies totalled $632 billion in 2023, up 4.2 […]