Former first minister Alex Salmond has been remembered as not just the political leader who took Scotland “so close to his dream of independence”, but as a “dear friend”. Tributes were paid to the ...

The Independent is trusted by 27 million Americans ... A Democratic former Las Vegas-area politician is due to learn Wednesday how long he’ll serve in Nevada state prison after being convicted ...

Lidia Thorpe, the Indigenous leader of the Blak Sovereign Movement, made global headlines on Monday when she interrupted a reception at Parliament House to yell at King Charles.

Exclusive: In the first part of an interview with The Independent, Kemi Badenoch also described people who mocked Trump for ...

Lara Pringle was one of eight women who stood down from the Lib Dem group on Dacorum Borough Council in Hertfordshire after ...

When a relationship between a politician and their party goes sour, it is often ugly and it is always public. But few in ...

Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has claimed her English "isn't as good as others", as fresh questions are raised over whether she is eligible to sit in parliament amid the ongoing fallout from her ...

Gunmen in two vehicles ambushed the lawyer for Mozambique's leading opposition politician and a senior opposition official, ...

A deadly terrorist attack in Sri Lanka needs to not be exploited by a politician, according to the Archdiocese of Colombo.

Born in 1973, Lidia Thorpe is an Australian independent politician. Her grandmother was Alma Thorpe, the founder of Victoria's Aboriginal Health service. Lidia has been a senator for Victoria ...

A high-profile political figure has been accused of a savage drink-fuelled attack on their sister. The alleged assault, which ...

Long-serving independent Arnhem Land politician Yiŋiya Guyula said he believed the new laws, including new public drinking measures set to be passed this week, could end with more Aboriginal ...