The communities secretary, Angela Rayner, has approved full planning permission for an asylum centre at a Ministry of Defence site near the village of Piddington in Oxfordshire. The decision approves plans to go ahead with the refurbishment and redevelopment of the former barracks. The Home Office insists that final approval is still to be determined….
Washington: A shooter killed one person and injured several others before turning the gun on himself in America’s capital, a short distance from the White House. According to law enforcement, another shooting victim is in critical condition while three others have suffered non-life threatening injuries. Members of the Chief Medical Examiners Office wheel a gurney…
Some young people with disabilities will lose their personal independence payments but will be able to apply to a local fund for short-term expenses and equipment, Alan Milburn’s review will recommend. While those with the most severe needs’ entitlement will be protected, others will be asked to apply for money for specific purposes rather than…
Mostafa Sepahvand and Farhad Manesh convicted for spying in London for Iran’s IRGC. Two Iranian men have been convicted of spying on journalists working for a Persian-language broadcaster in London after prosecutors established that they conducted surveillance on individuals critical of Tehran and gathered information that could assist Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).Mostafa Sepahvand,…
Four people died after a Turkish military S-70 helicopter crashed in the eastern province of Malatya on Thursday, the Turkish defence ministry said. Military helicopter crashes in eastern Turkey. (Representational Image/REUTERS) The incident occured in the Samanköy area of Yeşilyurt district in Malatya at approximately 18:45 (local time). The Ministry of National Defense (MSB) announced…
By William James and Simon Jessop ANTALYA, Turkey, Nov 12 (Reuters) – World leaders have set out competing positions and made clashing demands in two days of intense speech-making at the COP31 climate change talks in Turkey, leaving negotiators with a tough task to draft a meaningful deal that all can agree. Small island states,…
GENEVA A healthcare worker walks inside an Ebola treatment center in Beni, North Kivu Province, Congo, Monday, Nov. 9, 2026. (AP Photo) Vast sums of international aid to fight the Democratic Republic of Congo’s deadly Ebola outbreak are failing to reach medics on the front line, charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned on Nov. 12….
Beijing accused the United States on Thursday of using spurious spying claims as a pretext to impose a technological “blockade” on China, following claims that Nvidia boss Jensen Huang was the victim of a Chinese espionage plot. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang gestures on the day of the Invest in Germany Summit in Berlin, Germany, October…
The deadliest body of water this year isn’t the Strait of Hormuz. A series of attacks in the Black Sea has killed more people than strikes on shipping so far in the war between Iran and the U.S., disrupting trade routes and turning up the heat on NATO. A ship in the Black Sea that…
The head of a body representing Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, which are considered illegal under international law, was turned back after arriving in France, with Israel denouncing the move on Wednesday as “unacceptable”. Israeli settler representative turned back after arriving in France Yossi Dagan, head of the Samaria Regional Council, was forced…