UK authorities have laid new charges against comedian Russell Brand, including one count of rape.

The US Government has slammed the latest drop of Epstein files after Donald Trump was mentioned multiple times.

In this post-truth Trumpian world, seemingly nothing can stop a political career. Certainly not a few years in a Sydney jail back in the 1990s for helping smuggle heroin.

President Donald Trump bemoaned the potential reputational damage inflicted on people who appear in photos released as part of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Two men have been found guilty over a foiled Islamic State-inspired attack in which they planned to use automatic weapons to kill hundreds of people.

The latest release shows Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell corresponding with someone calling himself The Invisible Man about procuring women for “two-legged sightseeing” in Peru.

Philip Young, a former UK Conservative councillor, also allegedly had 230 indecent images of children – most deemed in the worst category – and other prohibited images related to “rape, animals, death and gore”.

The new charges against the comedian and actor – who is already facing similar charges involving four women – relate to two other women.

Until a police officer knocked on his door last week, the village chief in Dungoan wasn’t aware of the horror that had unfolded in Sydney on December 14.

From the moment they fled their Damascus palace via private jets and convoys of cars, the Assad family has maintained an opulent lifestyle.

The move comes after laws in 2022 recognised that crabs, lobsters, crayfish and squid were sentient and could feel pain.

The US president lamented that the Epstein saga was intended to distract from his administration’s achievements, including an announcement about a new warship – named after Trump.

Residents of the boats had to be rescued after a canal embankment collapsed in Shropshire, United Kingdom.

Reiterating his desire to possess Greenland, Trump said the US needed the mineral-rich self-governing Danish territory for security purposes.

Authorities said it was a miracle no one was hurt or killed in the incident, during which boat owners leapt for their lives in the middle of the night.

The second lady was subjected to a torrent of racist abuse from far-right podcaster Nick Fuentes.

A British man has been charged over a string of sex crimes against a woman – now his ex-wife – between 2010 and 2023. Five other men have also been charged with sexual offences against her.

Images shared by investigators showed a white car in parking lot with heavy damage, the driver’s seat stained in blood. Moscow has blamed this and a series of other apparent assassinations on Ukraine.

Min Aung Hlaing is desperate for his regime to be seen as legitimate, and he believes elections starting on December 28 are a means to that end.

Until now, there had been no suggestion of the alleged shooters travelling any further than Davao City in the Philippines.