PARIS (Reuters) – Turkey’s ambassador to France on Wednesday said that Paris had informed NATO it was suspending its involvement in a naval operation in the Mediterranean after a probe into an incident between French and Turkish warships did not back Paris’ claims. Ties between NATO allies France and Turkey have soured in recent weeks […]

China tries to make its draconian new security law apply to ‘everyone on the planet’ with clause targeting foreign citizens who are not even in Hong Kong Article 38 of the national security law targeting foreigners sparked global fears  It could punish non-Hong Kong residents who support the city’s independence  This means people who are […]

International travel won’t be back to normal for THREE YEARS warns top holiday boss – with enforced testing before and after flights likely to replace quarantine Flight Centre CEO says the travel industry will not be the same after COVID-19 He said it will take three years for overseas travel to return to pre-COVID levels  […]

ACTOR Louis Mahoney has died at the age of 81. The lifelong anti-racism activist starred in the likes of Doctor Who and Fawlty Towers. He was one of the first black actors in the Royal Shakespeare Company in the 1960s and helped found Performers Against Racism in the 1980s which campaigned against apartheid in South […]

The MTA will install plexiglass and plastic curtain barriers to shield bus drivers — ahead of a planned August return to front-door bus boarding and fare collection, officials said Tuesday Officials hope to roll out the $1,500-per-bus plexiglass dividers on 4,200 local buses starting in July or August, with completion expected sometime in the fall, […]

It could take weeks for the Aurora Police Department to release its investigation into officers who posed for photos near the spot where the same department violently arrested Elijah McClain last year, leading to his death. Interim police Chief Vanessa Wilson promised Monday night that she would release the entire investigation upon its conclusion. The […]

Police used tear gas to disperse protesters marching on a road leading to the airport in the capital, Khartoum. Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in Sudanese cities despite a coronavirus lockdown to demand greater civilian rule in the transition towards democracy after the removal of longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir last […]

The white St. Louis couple who went viral for brandishing guns on Black Lives Matter marchers in their tony neigborhood are supporters of the movement and are longtime civil rights activists, their attorney said. Mark McCloskey, 63, and his wife, Patricia, 61, insisted that they back the movement despite video of them wielding rifles outside […]

A WOMAN and child rushed to hospital after being found injured in a south London home. Police and paramedics, including an air ambulance, were called to Monarch Parade in Mitcham at around 4pm on Tuesday. A Met Police spokesman said: "Police were called to an address on Monarch Parade in Mitcham at 4pm on Tuesday to a report of […]

People in Hong Kong face the possibility of life behind bars for breaking a controversial new security law imposed by China. The details of the law, which criminalises secession, subversion and collusion with foreign forces, were published after it had come into force. Critics say the new law effectively curtails protest and freedom of speech. […]