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THE Scottish Parliament returns today from its summer break, and everybody had been expecting its legislative programme for the next year to...

THE news of the past couple of weeks has been filled with the humiliation of US and UK forces in Afghanistan alongside the humanitarian trag...

A SCOTTISH Afghan charity has said its staff trapped in Kabul have been forced to return to their homes after a “relentless 46 hours” facing...

KEITH Steiner’s unhinged rant against Kevin McKenna and Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh was revisionist, imperialist, neocon propaganda and McCarthyite...

THERE has been much discussion lately about the inadequacy of the UK state pension and the need for the Scottish state pension to be increas...

THREE children were killed in a drone strike that US officials said struck a vehicle carrying so-called Islamic State suicide bombers, an Af...

BREAKING down a culture is extremely hard, particularly when it has been in place for hundreds of years. Knowing this and being aware that p...

MOHAMMAD Naveen Asif is a well known figure in Scottish public life. Founding director of the Scotland-based Afghan Human Rights Foundation,...

FORMER US president Donald Trump has caused astonishment and no little fury across America and the world with his claim that Osama bin Laden...

THE SNP have said expressing regret is “not enough” for the many vulnerable people the UK Government is abandoning in Afghanistan – and call...

FOOTAGE of Jacob Rees-Mogg as a 12-year-old has resurfaced showing the senior Tory's motivations have not changed much since 1982.

WHETHER we like it or not, the media is about to move us on to the next level of information surrounding the deadly farce that is Afghanista...

BORIS Johnson is being urged to take immediate action to tackle food shortages across the UK as industries warn of price hikes.

AN explosion outside the Kabul airport has been confirmed by the US Pentagon with a spokesman saying “casualties are unclear at this time”.

SCOTLAND must end the “snobbery” surrounding vocational training as the country addresses skills shortages caused by Brexit and the pandemic...

SCOTLAND’S Finance Secretary has welcomed the “tremendously good news” that the country’s economy is expected to grow much faster than previ...

THE SNP have said independence is essential to secure a strong, fair and equal recovery from Covid – as new analysis reveals the UK has had...

STRUGGLES in Brazil may seem a long way away from life in Scotland – however, events which are unfolding in Brazil just now may well affect...

A TORY life peer who works as a minister in Boris Johnson’s government has claimed that UK firms perform better under foreign ownership.

IT’S not advisable to read Tony Blair’s statement about Afghanistan, published last Saturday, on an empty stomach. To reach the end of this...

THE leader of the American far-right, Donald Trump-supporting group the Proud Boys has been jailed for five months for burning a Black Lives...

OIL services firm Wood Group has posted a slump in first-half revenues after taking a hit from the pandemic, but stuck by forecasts for a re...

DURING the years of Brexit debate and negotiations following the EU referendum, one question in particular often arose: Would people notice...

The Ministry of Defence could be forced to pay out £1.5 million in compensation following a successful breach of contract claim by former wo...

JOE Biden has ruled out extending the rescue operation in Afghanistan beyond August 31, despite pleas from humanitarian organisations and ot...