US Secretary of State to Visit UAE, Kuwait and Bahrain for Talks on Iran MoU and Strait of Hormuz Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain from June 23–25 to discuss the…
Russian Dissident Artist Shot Dead in Poland in Suspected Kremlin-Ordered Assassination A Russian artist known for satirical caricatures mocking Vladimir Putin was shot dead near his home in eastern Poland on Monday in what Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk described…
Reform MS Branded ‘Inflammatory and Dangerous’ After Claiming Attacks by Sudanese Asylum Seekers Were ‘Inevitable’ A Reform Member of the Senedd has been accused of deploying inflammatory and dangerous rhetoric after claiming that attacks by Sudanese asylum seekers were “inevitable”…
Mass Arrests Follow Appeal Court Ruling Affirming Proscription of Direct Action Group British police arrested 117 people outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London on Monday after five Court of Appeal judges upheld the government’s ban on Palestine Action,…
Cabinet Resignations Over Defence Funding Shake Starmer Government Defence Secretary John Healey and Armed Forces Minister Al Carns resigned from Sir Keir Starmer’s cabinet on Wednesday, accusing the prime minister of being “unwilling to commit the resources that the nation…
Trump and Netanyahu’s Middle East Gamble Risks Permanent Crisis as Iran Holds Firm When the United States and Israel launched their joint military campaign against Iran on the last day of February, both leaders spoke as though the Islamic Republic’s…
Iran Strikes Israel in Defence of Hezbollah as Lebanon Emerges as the Central Fault Line Iran launched direct missile strikes against Israel overnight on Sunday, retaliating for an Israeli raid on the southern suburbs of Beirut — a move that…
Watchdog Chair Defends Race Action Plan as Politicians Call for Retreat The chair of the independent body that oversaw the UK’s police race action plan has warned that efforts to combat institutional racism in policing remain dangerously inadequate — even…
UK Watchdog Issues ‘World First’ Order Against Google’s AI Search Features The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has ordered Google to give news organisations and online publishers the right to opt out of its AI-powered search features, marking what…
Cooper Pledges to Keep Pressing China on Jimmy Lai’s Detention After Beijing Visit British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has vowed to continue raising the case of imprisoned pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai with Beijing, following a two-day diplomatic visit to China…