A British woman arrested in Dubai over Facebook posts which branded her ex-husband’s new wife a "horse" has been convicted and fined by a court. Laleh Shahravesh, 55, was convicted of a misdemeanour and ordered to pay a Dh3,000 (£650) […]
Ohio has passed one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion laws, banning the procedure after the first detectable heartbeat in a foetus. The bill was passed by Ohio’s Republican-controlled legislature and signed into law by the state’s Republican Governor Mike DeWine on Thursday. The move […]
South Korea’s president Moon Jae-in leaves for Washington on Wednesday on an urgent mission to reignite talks between the US and North Korea over its nuclear weapons programme. The meeting between Mr Moon and Donald Trump, the US president, is […]
After India’s 2014 General Election Narendra Modi vowed “Good days are coming”. His Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had secured a landslide victory, forming the largest majority government since 1984. Analysts had lauded Mr Modi’s ambitious ‘Development For All’ manifesto. Throughout a […]
The crisis facing Sudan’s president Omar al-Bashir deepened on Tuesday evening after the country’s police force said it would no-longer intervene against demonstrators demanding his resignation and called for a "peaceful transition of power." The statement by the police follows […]
Theresa May hasn’t had an easy time negotiating with European leaders about our departure from the EU, from losing her papers to getting locked in a car. Here we take a look at her most cringe-worthy moments on the European […]
Actress Lori Loughlin, her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, and 14 other parents were indicted on Tuesday on money laundering and mail fraud charges, the latest development in the sweeping college admissions bribery scheme. It comes a day after actress […]
Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign was spied on by the US government, the country’s attorney general said on Wednesday, as he vowed to investigate whether rules were broken in the process. William Barr, who took up the job in February, said […]
Twitter’s chief executive Jack Dorsey has revealed he takes daily ice baths and eats only one meal a day in an in-depth interview about his extreme fitness routine. Appearing on a fitness podcast, the billionaire said the "biggest impact" on […]
Iraq has offered to try hundreds of foreign Islamic State suspects currently being held in Syria in return for millions of pounds, according to reports. Iraqi officials last week made the proposal to the US-led coalition that it would put […]