Putin may be looking to create a pretext for an attack on the UK's cyber and energy infrastructure, according to a former Commander in Britain's Joint Forces Command.

Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that Republicans will win a 52-plus majority in the U.S Senate in the midterm elections.

The top electoral authority in Brazil announced on Sunday evening that 77-year-old hardline socialist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had won this year’s presidential election against incumbent conservative Jair Bolsonaro.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) hopes Republicans will “make history” on Election Day as they hope to take over the House and Senate, telling that the GOP’s recruiting class is the “best we’ve ever seen.”

The French President survived a no-confidence vote by a narrow margin of 50 votes, as the far-right and the far-left joined forces in an attempted coup.

The Republicans expanded their lead on the generic congressional ballot to seven points, with an 18-point advantage among independents, with 11 days left before the election, according to Rasmussen Reports’ weekly poll.

Putin's agents are said to have obtained top-secret details of negotiations with key international allies.

Some analysts believe that the Kremlin was behind the attack and was seeking to send a message about the vulnerability of western energy infrastructure.

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said at an event alongside Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday that Communist Party dictator Xi Jinping was “expected” to make a visit to the Mideast nation soon.

Trump is set to go on a rally blitz for candidates he has endorsed in at least four battleground states during the final days before the Nov. 8 midterm elections.

Blinken appeared to walk back some of Washington’s condemnation of Saudi Arabia on the grounds that Riyadh was too friendly to Russia on Wednesday, crediting the Saudis for “positive developments” such as humanitarian aid for Ukraine.

The Chinese newspaper Global Times condemned the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), and Democrats in general, on Wednesday after the CPC published and rapidly revoked a letter urging diplomacy in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Other election forecasters have not followed suit as of this writing. FiveThirtyEight still has Kelly “favored,” while Decision Desk HQ has the race listed as leaning Democrat.

The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has reassured Kyiv in calls with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba that it will offer the ex-Soviet state "enduring" support amid Putin's threats of nuclear weapons.

Russia has established that "liberating" the Donbas is a key military objective in its invasion of Ukraine.

Conservative MPs are questioning the re-appointment of Suella Braverman as Home Secretary, just days after she resigned over security breaches.

Heavy fighting in parts of Ukraine has exposed the "craziness" of Russian generals, President Zelensky has said.

Widespread unrest continued in the Islamic Republic as protesters marked 40 days since the killing of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.

Failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton urged her supporters to pay more attention to political races in state legislatures, warning the very future of the 2024 presidential election was at stake.

Kherson is one of four regions annexed by Russia on September 30, following sham referenda.

Trump announced that he would “probably” have to run for president again, setting up a possible matchup between he and Biden for 2024, while declaring that former Trump administration officials who make a White House bid would be “very disloyal.”

US and China "need to get ready for war this year" a leading sino-pacific expert has warned as Xi Jinping seizes total power over the Chinese Communist Party.

Kherson is one of four regions annexed by Russia on September 30, following sham referenda.

Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz has taken the lead from Democrat Lt. Gov. John Fetterman in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race.

Giorgia Meloni, Italy's first female Prime Minister, formally took over from Mario Draghi as head of the government on Sunday.

Nadine Dorries has warned it will "now be impossible to avoid a general election".

Boris Johnson has reportedly held talks with World Economic Forum-affiliated rival Rishi Sunak over the future of the Conservative Party, with a significant number of senior party officials now demanding that he stand down before he wins reelection.

The former Prime Minister will likely follow Rishi Sunak in announcing he will run in the Tory leadership contest.

The establishment media has been forced to acknowledge this week that Democrats are in danger of being swept by a huge red wave come November 8.

Serhiy Khlan, a deputy head of Kherson's regional council in exile, said the Russians were taking property and documents out of the city.

Hardline cleric Ahmad Khatami said anyone who thinks Iran's rulers will fall is dreaming.

“The Strategic Petroleum Reserve was built for a national energy crisis—not for a Democrat election crisis,” Barrasso said in an Oct. 19 statement.

Many supporters of Donald Trump still believe he was cheated of victory in the 2020 election by 'a rigged ballot' but now this is harming turnout numbers for the Republicans.

European Union leaders have reached an agreement on a plan after another debate on the bloc's response to the energy crunch ended without a consensus.

The mass evacuation of civilians has been reported in the Kherson region ahead of the battle as Moscow tries to destroy Ukraine with more missile and drone attacks on critical infrastructure.

Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race is officially a dead heat as Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz is tied with Democrat Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, according to a poll.

Sen. Mike Lee’s (R-UT) campaign highlighted how Utah independent Senate candidate Evan McMullin is backed by Democrats and how his potential election would only empower Senate Democrats.

Liz Truss's premiership has hit a new low as the group of rebel Tory MPs calling for her resignation doubles in a matter of hours.

Biden defended his decision Wednesday to release another 15 million in oil reserves to keep gas prices low, just weeks before the midterm elections.

The Prime Minister is fighting for her survival after a shambolic night of party discipline in the House of Commons.

A key source for the anti-Donald Trump Steele dossier was acquitted on all counts by jurors in Virginia on Oct. 18.

A Franco-German summit next week could be cancelled over disagreements between Paris and Berlin, officials have hinted.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said during a visit to Riyadh this weekend that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was interested in joining the BRICS coalition.

Joe Biden plans to release even more barrels of oil from the federal government’s strategic reserves to keep gas prices low before the midterm elections.

Macron is facing a barrage of mass walkouts today after his government forced striking staff to work to ensure fuel distribution for emergency services at gas stations.

A majority of Conservative Party members believe Liz Truss should resign, according to a new YouGov poll.

Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) has taken a six-point lead over Democrat Cheri Beasley, just weeks out from the North Carolina U.S. Senate race, a poll found.

The primary source for the anti-Donald Trump dossier struck an immunity agreement with the government that he breached by not fully disclosing information, special counsel John Durham said on Oct. 11.

A group of top congressional Democrats is aiming to punish Saudi Arabia after the OPEC+ announcement to cut oil production by taking back U.S. missile systems as well as other missiles and giving them to Ukraine.

Democrats were gaining on the Republicans’ lead as the parties fight for control of the House, but a recent poll shows a shift in momentum as the midterm elections approach.

Some 26 Shahed-136 kamikaze drones were destroyed overnight in the south of Ukraine, according to Yuriy Ihnat, a spokesman for the Air Force Command.

Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said residential buildings in the central Shevchenkivskiy area had been damaged.

The Director of GSHQ, Sir Jeremy Fleming warned last week of the threat China poses in terms of the technology race if the West does not keep up as we reach a "sliding doors moment in history".

High-ranking Pentagon and White House officials traded in Chinese stocks even as their offices were tasked with considering the companies for blacklisting, according to a new report.

Cross-strait tensions reached their highest point in decades when US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan back in August.

Tobias Ellwood believes Putin's flawed decision to invade in February prove the Russian war machine is malfunctioning.

A longtime associate of the Clinton family admitted under oath on Oct. 13 that he lied when he said he spoke to a Republican friend about GOP drama.

Gazprom has said a large section of the Nord Stream gas pipeline into Germany needs replacing after Putin touted Turkey as the best route for redirecting gas supplies to the EU.

Defence chiefs have met in Brussels after a week which has seen the Russian President lash out at Ukraine with multiple missile strikes, increasing international tensions still further.

Russia has said that it will use "all available means" to defend itself from the West.

The Russian-installed governor of Ukraine's southern Kherson region proposed residents take their children and leave for safety, in one of the starkest signs yet that Moscow is losing its grip on territory it claims to have annexed.

Great Britain has already given Ukraine thousands of anti-tank, anti-ship and anti-aircraft missiles, including Starstreak, NLAW and Brimstone missiles.

NATO members must lift supplies of lethal arms to Ukraine immediately, including advanced air defense systems, artillery, ammunition, armored vehicles, and anti-tank weapons.

An internal poll for Republican Herschel Walker, running in Georgia’s U.S. Senate race against Sen. Raphael Warnock, shows the GOP candidate back in the lead amid the release of a handful of polls giving Warnock the edge.

The capital region of Ukraine was hit by Iranian-made kamikaze drones on Thursday morning as the Russian military ramps up attacks against the country.

The FBI offered Christopher Steele “up to $1 million” if he could prove the claims in his infamous dossier, according to a senior FBI analyst’s testimony in Special Counsel John Durham’s criminal probe into the origins of Russiagate.

The reduction of OPEC oil production has seen a dip in US-Saudi relations.

The EU's foreign policy chief has issued a scathing attack on the bloc's diplomats following months of rows and wrangling about sanctions on Russia.

The races for the Wisconsin U.S. Senate seat and the governorship have heavily tightened as the midterm election looms closer.

Ukraine depends on the UK's support for "protection of our skies", Zelensky told Liz Truss.

Putin's invasion of Ukraine has been plagued by military failures and embarrassments which are set to continue with "staggering" losses and dwindling weapon stocks, says head of GCHQ.

Iowa Republicans Sen. Chuck Grassley and Gov. Kim Reynolds both hold double-digit leads over their Democrat challengers in their respective races, according to the latest Emerson College poll.

Those willing to work under the Russians are viewed as traitors and collaborators by Kyiv and could face serious retribution if captured.

Estonia was one of the few nations to send arms to Kyiv before Putin's illegal invasion on February 24.

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) said Friday on Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow” that President Joe Biden behaves “like a scared sixth-grade girl” on foreign policy.

White House says Putin has used 'irresponsible rhetoric' on nuclear weapons.

Pro-impeachment Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) is expected to resign from the Senate, a former Sasse staffer said on KFAB radio in Omaha, Nebraska, Thursday morning.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) targeted Elon Musk over recent Twitter posts and warned that senators could take away Tesla’s tax breaks after Musk urged for de-escalation of the Russia–Ukraine war.

Ukrainian forces have received a new type of Himars rockets which have the ability to decimate large target areas and are thought to have been provided by the United States.

Ukrainian forces have liberated more than 30 towns and villages in the Kherson region, following a successful counter-offensive.

The nuclear-powered ship can carry over 70 aircrafts and is set to perform military drills in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, where Russian ships have been spotted in recent months.

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said on Oct. 2 that the Republican Party will take back the Senate in November.

The White House on Wednesday accused the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC+) of siding with Russia by deciding to cut oil production.

A bipartisan group of 15 senators is co-sponsoring the effort to establish a China Grand Strategy Commission; they intend to add the measure as an amendment to the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act.

The pound is currently equal to $1.13, having climbed to $1.15 before Liz Truss's speech.

In one of the four “toss-up” races that could decide control of the U.S. Senate for 2023, incumbent Democrat Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) is seeking to fend off a challenge from Republican political newcomer Blake Masters.

The move comes after Poland's ruling nationalists last month estimated Germany owed the country 6.2 trillion zlotys (£1.20 trillion). Germany,

The further we get into the 2020s, the “the greater the risks rise of a potential conflict” between Taiwan and China.

Brexit negotiations between the UK, Ireland and European Union have become increasingly strained over recent months.

A Twitter post sparked concern in Japan, although it soon became apparent the missile had passed over.

Ukrainian forces have been undeterred by Russia's annexation of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson as they push ahead with their blistering counteroffensive.

An attempt by Igor Danchenko to get charges of lying to the FBI dismissed failed Sept. 29, meaning he will likely go on trial in October.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) previewed during an appearance on Friday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily what next year’s congressional investigations into Hunter Biden would look like should Republicans take the House majority.

The Secretary of State for Defence described Putin as dangerous but said that he was unlikely to use tactical nuclear weapons, despite the Russian president's threats.

The Prime Minister was facing threats of a Commons rebellion over her tax policy.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will face each other in a runoff race having come in second and first place, respectively, in Sunday’s presidential election.

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that he was concerned Russian President Vladimir Putin would attack a NATO country.

Russian troops were yesterday forced out of a strategic town in eastern Ukraine - as Moscow was urged to use low-yield nuclear weapons to win the war.

Iran may be losing its chance to snare a nuclear deal as Western powers begin to question whether the regime can survive current protests, diplomatic sources said last night.

NATO vowed to continue supporting Ukraine in its efforts to retake territory annexed by Moscow.

New detail in Danchenko trial exhibits suggests that FBI intentionally targeted Trump on false Russia collusion charges.

"He's f**ked us!" That was the reaction of a very senior Conservative backbencher on the right of the party to Boris Johnson's decision to pull out of the Tory leadership race late on Sunday evening despite having the backing of 110 MPs.

Although Democrats currently have a majority in the House, Republicans feel confident that they’ll flip enough seats to regain control of the chamber after the Nov. 8 midterm elections.

The U.S. is reassessing its relationship but opposition to Iran unites the two nations.

Foreign policy of, by, and for the elites, in both of its forms—reckless neoconservative hyper-interventionism and soulless neoliberal globalism—has failed.

Moscow and Beijing signed a no-limits partnership just days before Russia launched its "special military operation" in Ukraine in February, and the two countries have maintained close links in the face of hostility from Western powers.

There are fears there is now no one left to oppose the Chinese President in his ambitions to claim the island.

The ERG cannot support any candidate because, as I said last week, the globalist coup has succeeded. There is no Conservative party. It is dead.

Boris Johnson was on the verge of making a remarkable comeback as Prime Minister but he has pulled out of the race at the last minute.

The head of the US Navy has argued that the American military needs to be ready to respond to a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan this year.

The Prime Minister was elected as leader of the Conservative Party on September 5 by the membership after a fiercely contested run-off over the summer with former Chancellor Rishi Sunak.

A Russian aircraft released a missile near a British aircraft patrolling in international airspace over the Black Sea, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Thursday.

U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bombers will lead fighter jets from Belgium, Germany, and 12 other countries across Europe’s skies on annual nuclear exercises.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman personally ordered a drop in oil production increases after Joe Biden met with him in Riyadh this summer.

Putin launched a devastating attack on Ukraine's cities and civilian infrastructure yesterday with missiles indiscriminately rain down on Ukrainian cities.

Ukraine's media reported an explosion on the bridge early this morning at 6am, while Russia's RIA state news agency said a fuel tank was on fire.

The OPEC+ alliance of crude-producing countries has agreed to deep cuts in oil output, providing a likely floor to falling prices and delivering a blow to Joe Biden’s pleas for the cartel to boost production to help quell soaring inflation.

The latest Monmouth University poll released on Monday showed that there had been a massive ten-point swing from August to September in favor of Republicans controlling Congress after the midterms.

Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Brothers of Italy party that won the most votes in Italy’s national election, was preparing to be the country’s first woman premier.