LONDON: The Australian government has distanced itself from the awarding of an honor from the UK’s King Charles III to a former special forces soldier accused of committing war crimes in Afghanistan. Buckingham Palace decided to present commemorative medals to all living Victoria Cross recipients, which
GENEVA: Gazans are forced to live in bombed-out buildings or camp next to giant piles of trash, a United Nations spokeswoman said denouncing the "unbearable" conditions in the besieged territory. Louise Wateridge from UNRWA, the UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees, described the "extremely dire" living conditions
NAIROBI: At least 30 people died in protests in Kenya this week sparked by a government drive to substantially raise taxes in the East African counon Saturday.try, Human Rights Watch said “Kenyan security forces shot directly into crowds of protesters on (Tuesday) June 25, 2024, including
DOHA: Taliban authorities said on Saturday that demands over women’s rights were “Afghanistan’s issues” to solve, ahead of United Nations-led engagement talks where the exclusion of Afghan women has sparked an outcry. The Taliban government, which has imposed restrictions on women since seizing power in 2021
LONDON: After US President Joe Biden's shaky performance at the debate with former President Donald Trump on Thursday night, some Democrats openly questioned whether he should be replaced as their candidate for the 2024 election. There is a process for doing so, but it would be
LONDON: A UK submission of arguments at the international criminal court could delay a decision on the issuance of arrest warrants against the Israeli prime minister and defense minister for alleged war crimes in Gaza. Judges at the ICC ruled that the British government was allowed
KYIV: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday said he was drawing up a “comprehensive plan” for how Kyiv believes the war with Russia should end. There are no public talks ongoing between Ukraine and Russia and based on public statements by Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir
LONDON: A campaigner for Nigel Farage, the Reform Party leader in the UK, has called for mosques to be “turned into Wetherspoons pubs,” The Times reported on Friday. The comments add to wider controversy over the behavior of Reform candidates and officials. An undercover reporter from Channel
LONDON: UK police on Friday said that they had arrested 27 climate activists from the Just Stop Oil group on suspicion of planning to disrupt airports in the coming months. Police took “swift” action in a nationwide operation, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement. The 27
LONDON: A study published in the journal Frontiers in Science reveals that setting aside an additional 1.2% of the world's land as nature preserves could prevent most predicted plant and animal extinctions, according to Reuters. This effort would require an investment of approximately $263 billion. This