
India mourns ex-PM Manmohan Singh with full state funeral
Mourners gathered across Delhi to pay respects to a former PM many credit for India’s economic reform.
Mourners gathered across Delhi to pay respects to a former PM many credit for India’s economic reform.
Gaza health officials said the IDF detained the director of a hospital, which the WHO said was put out of service by an Israeli raid Nearly one in five of the world’s children live in areas affected by conflicts, with more than 473 million children suffering from the worst levels of violence since the second…
Claim from FSB comes two weeks after Ukrainian assassination of senior Russian general Igor Kirillov Russia has lost 784,200 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on 24 February 2022, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported. This number includes 1,690 Russian casualties over the past day. Russia has also lost:…
Many flights at Heathrow and Gatwick cancelled or delayed on Saturday as murky conditions persist Fog has continued to cause disruption to flights at some of the UK’s busiest airports and is forecast to persist through the weekend. The murky weather has shrouded much of the country over the past few days and shows little…
Among the notable figures who died in a sometimes polarizing 2024, many championed justice, equal rights and political freedom.
Zla Mavka movement – meaning ‘wicked forest spirit’ – drops fake rouble notes bearing pro-Ukrainian images and shares messages of solidarity On 8 March 2023, International Women’s Day, Russian soldiers were handing out tulips and boughs of mimosa to women and girls in the city of Melitopol, southern Ukraine – a move designed to promote…
Hussain Bisad, who has had health problems, says government should do more for people with physical or mental illness When Hussain Bisad first settled in north London as an asylum seeker after fleeing from war in Somalia 23 years ago, he did so in the hope of a new and more settled life. Little did…
Trump says that he could negotiate a ‘political resolution’ for TikTok if the high court intervenes.
Unsealed documents show British PM’s idea in 2002 did not go down well with Northern Ireland politician The 2002 World Cup had been a gruelling rollercoaster for the Republic of Ireland. Nine days before the team’s first match in the tournament, hosted by Japan and South Korea, its captain and talisman Roy Keane was on…
Newly released documents show Irish officials sought return of cannon sold by ‘gang of British treasure hunters’ Rare cannon allegedly smuggled out of Irish waters by a gang of British treasure hunters and acquired for a knockdown price by a Tower of London official were at the centre of a decades-long dispute between British and…