Abduction, forced return, torture and a campaign of intimidation. On Thursday the damning allegations made against the billionaire ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, by h... Read more
An investigation of alleged war crimes by the US and others in the Afghan conflict can go ahead, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has ruled. The ICC overturned on appeal a previous dec... Read more
Coronavirus has spread to more than 60 countries and the UK government says more cases are “likely”. There is currently no vaccine available to protect people against the disease... Read more
UK airline Flybe has gone into administration, putting 2,000 jobs at risk, after a bid for fresh financial support failed. The carrier said the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on demand f... Read more
California has declared a state of emergency after announcing its first coronavirus death, bringing the US death toll from the disease to 11. The 71-year-old man, who died in a hospital near... Read more
Joe Biden has won nine of the 14 states that voted to pick a Democratic White House candidate on Super Tuesday, a remarkable rebound for his campaign. The former US vice-president has taken... Read more
Roman Catholic churches remained closed across South Korea on Sunday, as officials struggle with a coronavirus outbreak that has led to the cancellation of many public gatherings. The Cathol... Read more
Officials on the US West Coast have reported three unexplained coronavirus cases, raising concerns the virus could be spreading within the community. The patients – in California, Oreg... Read more
The acting White House chief of staff says US media is stoking a coronavirus panic because they hope it will take down President Donald Trump. “The reason they are paying so much atten... Read more
A popular Chechen blogger and critic of the Russian republic’s leader say he has survived an attempt on his life. Tumso Abdurakhmanov captured the aftermath of the alleged attack in a... Read more
Heathrow Airport’s controversial plans to build a third runway have been thrown into doubt after a court ruling. The government’s Heathrow’s expansion decision was unlawful... Read more
The government will publish its strategy for post-Brexit trade talks later, as it prepares for formal negotiations with the EU to begin. Brussels has already set out what it wants from the t... Read more
More than 60 people have been hurt, many of the riot police, in clashes with protesters on Lesbos and Chios over plans to build new migrant camps. Stones were hurled at police as protests in... Read more
Several European countries have announced their first coronavirus cases, all apparently linked to the growing outbreak in Italy. Austria, Croatia and Switzerland said the cases involved peop... Read more
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