Politics

Hegseth compares press to Pharisees over Iran war coverage

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth accused reporters of “endless garbage” coverage of the Iran conflict and compared the Pentagon press pool to biblical Pharisees

New Telegraph owner hardwires pro-Israel editorial line, British journalist claims

Axel Springer’s Telegraph takeover deal embeds pro-Israel bias as an editorial policy, journalist Owen Jones says

AfD leader takes aim at EU’s von der Leyen after Orban election defeat

Unlike Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Ursula von der Leyen cannot be voted out, co-chair of the German AfD party Alice Weidel has said

Trump tells NATO to stay away from Strait of Hormuz, calls bloc ‘useless’ and ‘paper tiger’

US President Donald Trump slams “paper tiger” NATO, telling the military bloc to stay away from the Strait of Hormuz

Trump envoy reportedly floats World Cup restrictions for European ‘anti-Semites’

US envoy for combating anti-Semitism Yehuda Kaploun has warned European officials about possible travel bans during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, according to Euractiv

South Africa’s Julius Malema gets 5-year prison sentence in gun case

South African opposition figure Julius Malema has been jailed for five years over a 2018 rally gun incident, though he remains free pending appeal