British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, resigned on Sunday after admitting he had advised the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington, a decision criticised over his past links to convicted sex offend…
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes Cuba, EMSC says By Reuters
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Iran Sentences Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi To 6 Years In Jail
An Iranian court sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi to a six-year prison term, her lawyer told AFP on Sunday.
Thailand elections: Conservative PM Anutin Charnvirakul claims victory
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‘Playing with fire’: Taiwan defense spending battle rattles China hawks
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Rescue teams search for survivors after building collapse in northern Lebanon
At least three people have been rescued from the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in Tripoli, northern Lebanon.
Breezy Johnson wins Olympic downhill on day marred by American teammate Lindsey Vonn’s crash
American ski racer Breezy Johnson won the Olympic downhill Sunday with a hard-charging run on a day marred by teammate Lindsey Vonn’s crash.
Japanese Premier Sanae Takaichi’s party set to win majority in risky snap election: exit polls
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s conservative political party was projected to win the majority of seats in the Diet’s lower house in a snap election that risked her recently gained leadership of the national government, exit polls indicated Su…
‘She nearly died’: 18-month-old girl was returned to ICE custody, denied medication despite life-threatening illness, lawsuit says
An 18-month-old girl, Amalia, was hospitalized with a life-threatening respiratory illness while detained by US immigration authorities. She was returned to custody and denied medication after her release from the hospital, amidst a measles outbreak at…
I was hung naked from the ceiling & whipped by Taliban torturers – their evil games convinced me I was living in a box
SQUINTING ahead at his Taliban captors, aid worker Kevin Cornwell could see an AK-47, a video camera and a small yellow sticky note. On the latter, written in misspelt English, was the false claim that he was a British spy. Over a horrifying 272-d…