He is not old enough to drive on the roads, but a 15-year-old boy already has six penalty points on his future licence. According to The Guardian, the English teenager appeared in court last month after being caught riding an electric scooter “at high speeds” in Cleveland, north-east England. Cleveland Police said that the boy […]

A spokesman for the 73-year-old leader issued a statement saying he missed four scheduled events in Singapore on Wednesday because he was catching up on sleep. “We assure the nation that his aforementioned absence has nothing to do with his physical health and well-being which have been the subject of speculation,” spokesman Salvador Panelo said. […]

Europe’s top human rights court has found that the repeated detention of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was politically motivated. Mr Navalny had filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg and was there to hear the ruling on Thursday. The court found that his seven arrests between 2012 and 2014 […]

A headscarved woman whose baby was kicked while she was urinated on by anti-government demonstrators. Veteran political activist Noam Chomsky championing President Erdogan in a newspaper interview. Photos of bloated corpses of Muslims in a river in Myanmar. A video showing Turkish jets blowing up Kurdish fighters in Syria. All were compelling and widely-shared stories […]

A large fire has destroyed a popular pub in Finglas village in Dublin overnight. Fire crews battled to prevent the blaze at the Bottom Of The Hill bar from spreading but the building was extensively damaged. The blaze broke out shortly after 1am in the pub situated at the end of Finglas Village. Several units […]

Th island has seen a growing battle between Sark Electricity Limited (SEL) and the Chief Pleas – the government of the island. The company said cutting the electric supply would result in a “public health emergency” unless the island was evacuated – but that it was necessary because of a new pricing system. A commissioner […]

BRUSSELS (AFP) – The European Union has published the 585-page draft Brexit deal aimed at ensuring a smooth divorce next March and outlining a transition period for both sides to adjust to the break. Key provisions aim to avoid a hard border between EU member Ireland and the British province of Northern Ireland, protect citizens’ […]

Ashen-faced European diplomats haunt the corridors of Brussels. No sleep for them until Sunday 25 November – the day slated (for now) for the “seal the deal” Brexit summit between Theresa May and EU leaders. So what do they have to do between now and then? Diplomats from the 27 EU countries must now pore […]

The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier says “decisive” progress has been made in reaching a final agreement on the UK’s departure from the bloc. Mr Barnier said a 585-page draft withdrawal agreement published on Wednesday represented a “crucial step in concluding these negotiations”. He also said provisions were included to avoid a hard border […]

A 1,000-year-old medieval crozier that lay buried in a bog for centuries has gone on public display for the first time since 1932. The ‘Prosperous Crozier’ is believed to be the oldest intact pastoral staff in existence in both Ireland and the UK and one of the oldest in Europe. It has been handed over […]