A lorry has been detained by police after sixteen people were found on a ferry sailing from France to the Republic of Ireland. Employees made the discovery during a routine inspection on the Stena Line ferry after it departed from Cherbourg, reportedly […]
Rights groups were up in arms on Tuesday at the presence of a youth “charity” at a Unesco event in Paris with close ties to crown prince Mohammed bin Salman and run by a figure linked to a dissident espionage […]
Swedish prosecutors have dropped their long-running investigation into sexual offences allegedly committed by Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, judging that witnesses’ memories are too hazy to corroborate his accuser’s account after nine years. "After completing the investigation over the summer and […]
Despair, frustration and fear set in among the last remnants of student protesters in Hong Kong’s besieged Polytechnic University on Tuesday, but a flicker of defiance still ran strong among the small group, as they vowed to continue their four-day standoff […]
Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, has been flown by air ambulance to the UK after Imran Khan’s government let him to seek medical treatment abroad. The three-time prime minister flew to Qatar and then London after his doctors […]
Grace Millane, the British backpacker, died accidentally when consensual rough sex "went wrong", a court has heard. The defence barrister for the alleged killer told jurors that Ms Millane had a history of engaging in choking during sex and had been a member […]
As Matteo Salvini plots a return to power after a botched bid to become prime minister in the summer, he faces a vocal new adversary – a brand new grass-roots political movement nicknamed the Sardines. They have staged large demonstrations […]
The US Senate unanimously adopted legislation on Tuesday supporting "human rights and democracy" in Hong Kongand threatening to revoke its special economic status, prompting China to angrily threaten countermeasures. The lawmakers also approved a measure that would ban the sale of tear […]
Beijing and Stockholm continue to be locked in a diplomatic row after a noted literary organisation honoured Gui Minhai, who was abducted four years ago and remains under detention in China. Mr Gui was awarded the 2019 Tucholsky prize, in […]
Strong winds stoked more than 100 fires across Australia’s east coast on Tuesday, blanketing Sydney in hazardous smoke and prompting health warnings for the country’s most populous city. Australia is prone to bushfires in its dry, hot summers, but fierce blazes have […]