The US president’s verbal assault on Pope Leo XIV, followed by the release of a now-deleted post portraying himself as a Christ-like saviour, has riled the American religious right.

Trump blockade of the Strait of Hormuz begins, with US warships stationed off Iran.

The Duchess of Sussex meets a group of women at the McAuley Community Services for Women.

A public inquiry into the 2024 killings of three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in the British town of Southport has found that the killer Axel Rudakubana’s father and mother failed to raise the alarm over his escalating violent b...

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Crazy like a fox … or just plain crazy? Even some former allies and advisers are now questioning whether the US president has grown increasingly unbalanced.

There’s little precedent for such a major operation in recent decades, but previous US Navy actions in the Gulf and elsewhere could provide clues on what will unfold.

The Trump brand is in retreat right around the world. The timing couldn’t be worse.

The US president maintained it was the media’s fault for construing the image as blasphemous.

Donald Trump has personally taken a food delivery at the White House in a televised moment to spruik his tax policies.

Pope Leo says he is not afraid of criticising the Trump administration after the president's spray.

The president accused the media of deliberately misconstruing the “blasphemous” meme while he accepted a lunchtime delivery of McDonald’s at the Oval Office.

Both men have looming deadlines – national elections.

The president said he intended to re-file the lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over an article that revealed he contributed to a “birthday book” for Jeffrey Epstein in 2003.

Trump continued his threat to attack any Iranian ships that try to enter the Strait of Hormuz, although it was unclear if the blockade he announced on Sunday has officially begun.

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Minutes after ranting about Leo being “weak on crime” and “terrible for foreign policy”, the US president posted an AI image of himself as Jesus Christ healing the sick.

Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to destroy Iranian civilization was “truly unacceptable” and said any attacks on civilian infrastructure violate international law.

It’s tempting to see Viktor Orbán’s defeat in the Hungarian election as a seismic shift against populist conservatism, but that’s not what cost him his job as prime minister after 16 years in power.

The emphatic election victory for challenger Peter Magyar appears set to install a new government with enough seats in parliament to overturn Orbán’s laws.