George W Bush: 'It's kind of hard to tell others to have an independent, free press and we're not willing to have one ourselves.' Photograph: Shawn Thew/EPA. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email; View more sharing options; Share on ...

Was there a bigger star in attendance than Gary from Chicago? What must Donald Trump have made of it all? Here is what we learned from this year's Academy Awards – aside from the need for more clearly labelled envelopes. Warren Beatty belatedly ...

Was there a bigger star in attendance than Gary from Chicago? What must Donald Trump have made of it all? Here is what we learned from this year's Academy Awards – aside from the need for more clearly labelled envelopes. Warren Beatty belatedly ...

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores his second goal to make it 3-2 to Manchester United against Southampton at Wembley. Photograph: R. Parker/Sportsphoto/Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email; View more sharing options

Nigel Farage dined out with Donald Trump on Saturday night after managing to secure a last-minute invitation to join the US president for an evening meal. The former Ukip leader was photographed sitting opposite Trump and alongside his daughter Ivanka, ...

The Q&A session took place off camera before only an 'expanded pool' of journalists in Sean Spicer's West Wing office. Photograph: Alex Brandon/Associated Press. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email; View more sharing options

The Q&A session took place off camera before only an 'expanded pool' of journalists in Sean Spicer's West Wing office. Photograph: Alex Brandon/Associated Press. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email; View more sharing options

Donald Trump revelled in his capture of America's conservative movement on Friday with a speech that carried all the anger, nativism and rampant populism of his election campaign. “We are Americans,” the US president said to rapturous applause, “and ...

Donald Trump revelled in his capture of America's conservative movement on Friday with a speech that carried all the anger, nativism and rampant populism of his election campaign. “We are Americans,” the US president said to rapturous applause, “and ...

That was a populist and nationalistic speech from Donald Trump, which seemed to be what the CPAC crowd were after. It didn't take much for them to erupt into chants of USA! USA! Trump made false claims about his travel ban, recent tightening of ...

Donald Trump has told his Twitter followers this morning he is “Going to CPAC!”, but he also has other matters on his mind. In two tweets this morning he attacked the FBI for not being able to stop leakers to the media – even “within the FBI itself ...

Like a reckless gambler who does not know his limit, Kim Jong-un, North Korea's dictator, has raised the international stakes by using VX nerve gas – a banned, chemical-based weapon of mass destruction – to assassinate his half-brother at a Malaysian ...

The VX nerve agent that killed North Korea's Kim Jong-nam is described as a weapon of mass destruction by the UN. Photograph: OJO Images/Rex/Shutterstock. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email; View more sharing options; Share on ...

Wayne Rooney is highly unlikely to leave Manchester United next week and has been left surprised by José Mourinho's claim he could do so, though the forward is set to depart in the summer. Rooney, who missed Wednesday night's 1-0 victory at St-Étienne ...

South African president Jacob Zuma. Pretoria said it planned to leave the ICC after being criticised for ignoring an arrest order. Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email; View more sharing options; Share on ...

Donald Tsang had deliberately concealed private rental negotiations with a property tycoon while in office. Photograph: Kin Cheung/AP. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email; View more sharing options; Share on LinkedIn · Share on ...

A view from the tarmac at Melbourne's Essendon airport on Tuesday morning after a charter plane carrying five people crashed into the Direct Factory Outlets. Photograph: Michael Dodge/Getty Images. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email

The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, left, and his half-brother Kim Jong-nam. Photograph: Wong Maye-E, Shizuo Kambayashi/AP. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email; View more sharing options; Share on LinkedIn · Share on Pinterest ...

The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, left, and his half-brother Kim Jong-nam. Photograph: Wong Maye-E, Shizuo Kambayashi/AP. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email; View more sharing options; Share on LinkedIn · Share on Pinterest ...

HR McMaster, an army lieutenant general whose unconventional career has earned him widespread respect in US defense circles, will be Donald Trump's next national security adviser. Trump, announcing his decision, called McMaster “a man of tremendous ...