Afghanistan: The price of peace
The United States’ Afghan war – more than two decades of conflict, trillions of dollars spent, tens of thousands of civilian and military lives lost and the Taliban ultimately reclaiming…
Mother jailed over the deaths of her four home alone sons in fire
A woman whose four young boys died in a fire after she left them alone at home while she went to Sainsbury’s has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.…
‘It doesn’t seem true!’ Lammy faces Labour revolt after MP accuses Foreign Secretary of ‘misleading’ MPs over ‘bonkers’ Chagos deal
Foreign Secretary David Lammy has been accused of misleading MPs over his “bonkers” agreement to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The draft agreement has faced a number of…
Trump’s birthright citizenship order temporarily blocked by federal judge
A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order denying U.S. citizenship to the children of parents living in the country illegally, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional” during…
Cook This: 3 recipes from Romy Gill’s India, including chicken skewers with all the fixings
Our cookbook of the week is Romy Gill’s India: Recipes From Home by chef, writer and broadcaster Romy Gill. Jump to the recipes:sakoon paneer (creamy paneer), murg malai skewers (chicken…
After 80 years, not many Auschwitz survivors are left. One man makes telling the stories his mission
HAIFA, Israel — Naftali Furst will never forget his first view of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, on Nov. 3, 1944. He was 12 years old. SS soldiers threw open the…
Ryanair issues update as Storm Eowyn sees more than 1,000 flights cancelled
Ryanair has issued an update as Storm Eowyn has led to airlines cancelling more than 1,000 flights as of lunchtime on Friday. The budget operator said it apologised for the…
Pakistan’s political deadlock deepens as PTI withdraws from negotiations
Analysts expect ex-PM Imran Khan’s party to return to street agitations, but some experts believe it has missed a trick in walking away from dialogue. Former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s…
Two names in running to be next Moderator of Presbyterian Church
Two names are in the running to be the next Moderator of the Presbyterian Church. Rev Trevor Gribben, the Clerk of the General Assembly since 2014, and Rev Richard Kerr,…
NFU President Tom Bradshaw hits out at Labour’s ‘unfair’ inheritance tax raid on farmers has he hands petition to Downing Street
National Farmers’ Union President Tom Bradshaw has hit out at Labour’s “unfair” inheritance tax raid on farmers as he and the Welsh union leader hand their petitions into Downing Street.…