East African Housekeepers Face Rape, Assault and Death in Saudi Arabia
East African leaders and Saudi royals are among those profiting off a lucrative, deadly trade in domestic workers.
Day: March 16, 2025
Takeaways From Our Investigation Into Domestic Worker Abuse in Saudi Arabia
Housekeepers from East Africa suffer beatings, starvation and sexual assault in Saudi Arabia. Here’s what else we learned about the cross-border trade in domestic workers.
The 95-Year-Old Japanese Man Who Is the World’s Oldest Speedskater
Iichi Marumo started competing in his late 80s, after a life spent farming, publishing poetry and volunteering to fly in a kamikaze mission during World War II.
Thousands of fish die in cyclone-hit northern rivers amid reports of eels and crabs fleeing ‘blackwater’
Decomposing organic matter in catchments flooded by Cyclone Alfred removed oxygen from water, suffocating aquatic lifeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThousands of dead fis…
Asia’s incredible abandoned water park that was destroyed in 40 seconds and left to rot
10 years ago, a devastating accident caused this water park to close down, and it has been left to crumble ever since.
I’ve seen Ukraine’s new gadgets which will leave Putin reeling – I felt like James Bond
EXCLUSIVE: In his latest dispatch from Ukraine, as US-UK-brokered peace talks continue, LORD ASHCROFT visits a top-secret drone facility where the embattled nation’s state-of-the-art weapons that can strike increasingly deeper into Russian territory ar…
The world’s ‘cheapest’ seaside city where it’s 28C in March and sells beers for £1.16 each
It’s increasing popularity is due to its amazing weather and cheap prices
The secret Russian city that produced some of the world’s most dangerous weapons
During the Soviet era, the city was off-limits to foreign visitors, and much of what happened there remained classified.
Key Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Abu Qatal killed in Pakistan
A top Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist, Abu Qatal, known for his involvement in numerous attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Pakistan’s Jhelum Sindh. Qatal, a close aide of Hafiz Saeed, recently led proxy terror outfits P…
33 Killed As Tornadoes Rip Through Central US
Local news showed roofs torn off homes and large trucks overturned, as forecasters warned of more tornadoes to come this weekend across central US.