Two small boat migrants including girl, 16, found dead on beach after engine explodes while trying to cross Channel

TWO female migrants including a 16-year-old girl have been found dead on an overcrowded small boat after trying to reach the UK. Emergency service workers made the horrifying discovery in the early hours of Sunday on a beach close to Neufchatel-Hardelo…

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Spotlight on the continued decline of press freedom globally

Press freedom has fallen to its lowest level in 25 years. That warning comes from Reporters Without Borders — also known as RSF — which released its annual index ahead of World Press Freedom Day this Sunday.

To mark the occasion, one of RSF’s partner…

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Ukrainian elderly woman rescued using robotic vehicle

Ukrainian forces have attacked two tankers from Russia’s so-called shadow fleet at the entrance to the Port of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea. The announcement was made by Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the Telegram messaging app. He added that Ukraine would c…

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Inflation surging past 50% in Iran

The fragile ceasefire may have paused the fighting, but the economic fallout in Iran continues. A US naval blockade of Iranian ports has sharply reduced the Iran’s oil exports, while the cost of everyday goods has continued to rise. Across the country…

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Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi hospitalised

Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Narges Mohammadi, has been urgently transferred from prison to hospital after what her foundation described as a severe deterioration in her health.

She reportedly fainted twice on Friday. The incident fo…

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