Forced Into Marriage, Barred From School: Afghan Girls Face a Future Defined by Taliban’s Education Ban A 19-year-old Afghan woman named Alia — her identity protected for her safety — boarded a taxi last year and travelled hundreds of miles…
Meta Settles Kentucky School District Lawsuit Days Before Trial, as 1,200 Cases Remain Pending Meta has reached a settlement with a Kentucky school district just weeks before the case was due to go to trial in California, according to court…
Samsung Averts Strike With Last-Minute Pay Deal, Sending Shares Surging 6% Samsung Electronics reached a provisional wage agreement with its largest labour union just hours before a major strike was set to begin on Thursday, sending the company’s shares up…
Former Defence Secretary Found to Have ‘Allowed Perception of Impropriety to Develop’ Former Conservative Defence Secretary Sir Grant Shapps resigned on April 30 from his role as chair of Cambridge Aerospace after an official review found he had breached post-ministerial…
WHO Declares Global Health Emergency as Ebola Spreads in Eastern Congo The World Health Organisation has declared a global health emergency over a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as the virus claims dozens of lives and…
Mass Protests Erupt Across Argentina Over Milei’s University Budget Cuts Hundreds of thousands of Argentines took to the streets across the country’s major cities on 13 May 2026, demanding that President Javier Milei comply with existing university funding legislation and…
EU Imposes New Sanctions Over Forced Deportation of Ukrainian Children The European Union has sanctioned 16 Russian individuals and seven entities for the systematic and unlawful deportation of Ukrainian children, the EU Council announced on Monday — expanding a sanctions…
Trump Dismisses Iran’s Ceasefire Proposal as Negotiations Teeter on the Edge of Renewed Conflict US President Donald Trump publicly rejected Iran’s ceasefire proposal on Sunday, declaring it “totally unacceptable” and warning that military hostilities could resume, as tensions over Iran’s…
North Korean Defector Who Survived Public Executions and Four Chinese Imprisonments Stands for Council Seat in Stockport Timothy Cho, a North Korean defector who survived two escapes from one of the world’s most repressive states, four imprisonments in China, and…
Iran’s Economic Stranglehold and the Limits of U.S. Military Power in the Strait of Hormuz The United States Navy, backed by more than 100 aircraft, three aircraft carrier groups, and up to 15,000 marines, is attempting to reopen the Strait…