Britain’s interior minister accused activists of hijacking a tragedy to stir up violence after police were attacked at a protest over the death of a teenager who was handcuffed as he lay dying while his killer stood nearby. Police were pelted with chairs, cans, rocks and flares late Tuesday by some of the hundreds who...
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UK Couple Imprisoned In Iran Lose Appeal Against 10-Year Sentence For Spying
A British couple jailed in Iran on spying allegations have lost an appeal against their convictions, their family and the U.K. government said Tuesday. Craig and Lindsay Foreman were detained in January 2025 while on an around-the-world motorcycle trip. In February they were handed 10-year prison sentences for espionage, which they both deny. Britain’s Foreign...
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New Prime Minister Says Solomon Islands Will Review Its Secretive Security Treaty With China
The Solomon Islands will review its secretive security treaty with China, the South Pacific nation’s new Prime Minister Matthew Wale said Wednesday. The pact struck in 2022 with the Solomons’ then-Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare created fears in the United States and among allies including Australia that it would allow the Chinese navy to build a...
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Iranian Drone Attack Hits Kuwait Airport, Causing Injuries
Kuwait said Wednesday it had suspended commercial flights after an Iranian drone attack heavily damaged the country’s airport and caused injuries, hours after Iran and the United States traded missile strikes in the region. The strikes came as semiofficial Iranian news agencies said the country had stopped communicating with mediators about extending a ceasefire in...
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Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra Freed Early From Parole After Receiving Royal Pardon
Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra formally completed all his obligations related to a prison sentence on Wednesday, when a royal pardon ended his four-month probation early. The 76-year-old billionaire populist, who was a dominant force in Thai politics for more than two decades, was released from a Bangkok prison last month to cheering crowds....
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Australian Judges Weigh Indigenous Activist’s Bid To Prosecute King Charles For Genocide
hree Australian appeals court judges reserved their decision Wednesday on whether an activist can prosecute Britain’s King Charles III for alleged genocide of Australia’s Indigenous people. Uncle Robbie Thorpe, 68, turned to the Supreme Court of Appeal in Victoria state after two lower courts rejected his bid to launch a private prosecution against the king...
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Australian Judges Weigh Indigenous Activist’s Bid To Prosecute King Charles For Genocide
hree Australian appeals court judges reserved their decision Wednesday on whether an activist can prosecute Britain’s King Charles III for alleged genocide of Australia’s Indigenous people. Uncle Robbie Thorpe, 68, turned to the Supreme Court of Appeal in Victoria state after two lower courts rejected his bid to launch a private prosecution against the king...
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9 Students Appear In Court Over Kenya School Arson That Killed 16 Girls
Nine students accused of planning and executing an arson attack that killed 16 girls at a school in central Kenya appeared in court Tuesday. Investigators asked for more time to probe the deadly fire. The High Court in the town of Naivasha, 90 kilometers (55 miles) west of the capital, Nairobi, said it will issue...
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Ukraine Strike Against Russia Hit Important Facilities, President Zelenskyy Reports The Attack “Yielded Good Results”
Volodymyr Zelenskyy: “Our long-range sanctions carried out by the warriors of the Security Service of Ukraine, the Unmanned Systems Forces, the Special Operations Forces, the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, and the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine have yielded good results. Important facilities on Russian territory were hit last night. “Among them was the Petersburg...