Rights groups say Mohammed Ramadhan and Husain Moosa were tortured to extract false confessions over bombing of convoy. Bahrain’s top court has upheld death sentences against two men convicted of bombing a convoy and killing a police officer, as human rights groups said their conviction was based on confessions extracted through torture. Mohammed Ramadhan and Husain Moosa […]

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines’ health ministry on Monday reported 65 more novel coronavirus deaths and 836 additional infections. In a bulletin, the ministry said total deaths have reached 1,599, while confirmed infections rose to 57,006, more than triple when President Rodrigo Duterte eased the quarantine measures in the capital in June to revive the […]

Home Secretary Priti Patel will BAN foreign criminals from Britain if they have been jailed for more than a year as she unveils UK’s new points-based immigration system from January 1 Patel is set to reveal details of how UK’s points-based system will operate    Criminals who have prison sentences longer than a year could be […]

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Civil Aviation Organisation blamed a misalignment of a radar system and lack of communication between the air defence operator and his commanders for the accidental downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane in January that killed 176 people aboard. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards shot down the Ukraine International Airlines flight with a ground-to-air […]

TUNIS (Reuters) – At least five Tunisian parties plan to launch a vote of no confidence in the speaker of parliament, Rchaed Ghanouchi, the leader of the moderate Islamist Ennahda party, politicians said on Sunday. The no-confidence motion poses the biggest challenge yet to Ennahda, which was swept to power after the Arab Spring, but […]

A MUM died after accidentally taking too much paracetamol to cope with unbearable stomach pains, an inquest heard. Louise Waller, from Hull, had taken the over-the-counter painkillers every day for over four months to manage the agony from colitis and haemorrhoids. The desperate mum was taking "large handfuls" of paracetamol every three hours, her partner […]

Irish PM Micheal Martin warns of need for ‘urgent’ progress to secure a ‘good’ post-Brexit trade deal as pressure mounts on Michel Barnier to climb down over fishing rights Irish PM Micheal Martin warned of ‘urgent’ need for progress in EU trade talks  He said it was in the interests of both sides to reach […]

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong citizens queued to cast ballots over the weekend in what the Chinese-ruled city’s opposition camp says is a symbolic protest vote against tough national security laws directly imposed by Beijing. The unofficial poll will decide the strongest pro-democracy candidates to contest Legislative Council elections in […]

Poles are voting in a presidential election, seen as a battle for the country’s future and its strained relations with the European Union. The second round pits incumbent Andrzej Duda, an ally of the conservative government, against socially liberal Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski. A Duda win would herald controversial changes to the judiciary and continued […]

Thousands of Israelis have staged a demonstration in Tel Aviv to protest against what they say is economic hardship caused by the government’s mishandling of the coronavirus crisis. Rabin Square was filled with mainly young protesters wearing masks but not observing social distancing. They say government compensation payments have been slow to arrive. The event […]