'An eye for an eye': Israel’s death penalty law is retaliatory and electorally motivated The Israeli parliament's adoption of a law establishing "the death penalty for terrorists" – which in practice…
A US court has dismissed a lawsuit from WhatsApp’s former security chief, who alleged that parent company Meta ignored internal flaws he flagged about the messaging app’s digital defenses. Abdullah…
Pakistan said Thursday (April 2, 2026) that the burden of ending its cross-border conflict lay with Afghanistan, as the two sides held preliminary talks to try to end hostilities. The neighbours and…
Keir Starmer should convene a global energy summit of the same order as Gordon Brown’s response to the 2008 financial crisis and put Britain on a “war footing” to reduce its exposure to fossil fuels,…
It was a week that started with a candid admission from Nigel Farage when asked if his party’s vetting process was now finally up to scratch.
A Colorado appeals court on Thursday ordered the resentencing of a former Colorado election official who was found guilty of allowing unauthorized access to her county’s voting equipment, the latest…
U.S. President Donald Trump removed Attorney General Pam Bondi from her post on Thursday (April 2, 2026), a White House official said, following mounting frustration with her performance, including…
Trump fires Pam Bondi as US attorney general, amid Epstein files furore The US president was also reportedly frustrated that she was not moving quickly enough to prosecute his critics and…
The former British foreign secretary Malcolm Rifkind is among leading members of the Jewish diaspora urging the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, to intervene to stop “attacks by Jewish extremists” on…
Donald Trump has fired Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, according to multiple reports, dismissing a loyalist who reshaped the justice department, but still failed to please a president fixated on…
World Cup 2026: Iran and Infantino talks progressing as war darkens US trip Iranian football officials hold their first face-to-face meeting with FIFA’s president since the start of the US-Israel war…
US-Israeli strike hits newly opened B1 bridge near Tehran, killing two US-Israeli strike hits newly opened B1 bridge near Tehran, killing two A US-Israeli strike targeted the B1 bridge in Karaj, west…
Burkina Faso: Army behind most civilian deaths — report April 2, 2026A study by NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) has found that government forces in Burkina Faso are responsible for over twice as many…
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz on Thursday (April 2, 2026) warned that Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem would pay an "extraordinarily heavy price" for escalating attacks during the ongoing Jewish…
Russia fired more drones at Ukraine in March than in any month since it launched its 2022 invasion, intensifying deadly strikes as peace talks stalled, an AFP analysis showed Thursday (April 2,…
Cuba produces barely 40% of its required fuel and relies on imports to sustain its crumbling energy grid. Russia plans to send a second oil tanker to Cuba, the country’s Energy Minister Sergei…
Iran's two largest steel plants shut down due to strikes, companies say Iran's two largest steel plants have been shut down due to multiple rounds of US-Israeli air strikes, the companies operating…
Russia will send a second ship carrying oil to Cuba as the island grapples with a U.S. fuel blockade, Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev said Thursday (April 2, 2026). Cuba has been suffering from an…
A flight carrying people being deported from the US has landed in Uganda, as Donald Trump’s administration pushes on with its strategy of expelling migrants to countries they have no ties to. The…
Donald Trump’s primetime nationwide address on the war with Iran caused widespread bewilderment, with commentators voicing shock at his vow to continue bombing to “bring them back to the stone…