World

Islamic State bride Shamima Begum has claimed the Government’s decision to revoke her British citizenship is “unjust”.

The unprecedented gathering in Rome must deliver more than another round of apologies, writes Martyn McLaughlin

Bernie Sanders, whose insurgent 2016 presidential campaign reshaped Democratic politics, has confirmed that he is running for the US presidency in 2020.

Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has died, according to reports from France.

The ecstatic sailor shown kissing a woman in Times Square celebrating the end of the Second World War has died aged 95.

Runaway schoolgirl Shamima Begum fears her unborn baby will be taken away from her as her family pleaded for the teenager to be allowed back to the UK “as a matter of urgency”.

Hillary Clinton says ‘something extraordinary’ is happening over climate change as teenagers like Greta Thunberg in Sweden, Anuna De Wever in Belgium and Holly Gillibrand in Fort William lead school-strike protests, writes Susan Dalgety.

The Youth Strike 4 Climate Change campaign shows children have a better understanding of the science – and the urgency of the situation – than many adults.

Donald Trump’s tweets are to be used at Edinburgh Science Festival to assess how the public make decisions about the state of a politician’s mental health.

Facebook has removed more than 100 adverts for Donald Trump’s hotels and golf courses after ruling they had breached strict new transparency rules surrounding political advertising and failed to disclose who had paid for the promotions, The Scotsman can reveal.

There is nothing more cheery for a doctor in Scotland to see a recurring headline that reads “Life expectancy rise in Scotland grinding to a halt”, writes Dr Punam Krishan.

In the world of incarceration, there are inmates who pose security risks, and then there’s “El Chapo”.

Mexico’s most notorious drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, has been convicted of running an industrial-scale smuggling operation after a three-month trial

Despite the separation of church and state in the US Constitution, Donald Trump – wanted as president by God, according to White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders – is making religion ever more important in American politics, writes Henry McLeish.

The rise of ‘deepfakes’ could open up a new front in the disinformation war, writes Martyn McLaughlin.

Airlines can tell you a lot about their home countries and Nepal has some special ones, writes Alexander McCall Smith on his long-awaited first trip.

A BBC boss has called on the White House to review its security arrangements after a BBC cameraman was attacked during a speech by Donald Trump on Monday.

Donald Trump may be fiercely protective of his own private data, but the US just passed the Open Government Data Act, while the EU is considering a new law that could have a chilling effect on free speech, writes Catherine Stihler.

Human activity is causing dramatic declines in insects which could see 40 per cent of species become extinct in a few decades, a scientific study has warned.