A cousin of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has claimed the country’s security forces are arresting his employees in order to “pressure” him into paying hefty taxes. Billionaire business tycoon Rami Makhlouf has made a rare public intervention against Syria‘s president, his maternal cousin, as a major dispute opens up within the Assad family, which has […]

“No puedo respirar!” is the first thing I hear as I enter the room, watching a patient gasp for air. He has the sturdy and weathered frame of a migrant farmworker, but today his lungs are about to give out, having battled pneumonia for over a week. Hours later I watch as he is wheeled, […]

Reporters Without Borders has ranked India 142 out of 180 countries in its annual Press Freedom Index. India has dropped two places on the World Press Freedom Index, now ranking at 142 out of 180 countries. Reporters Without Borders says a communications blackout in Indian-administered Kashmir, which made it increasingly difficult for journalists to report […]

VACCINE trial results are expected to be out by June and straight into mass production and plans are in place to send out 30million doses for vulnerable Brits if everything goes well. Our top scientists have been doing their best to kill Covid-19 and things are looking really good. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog […]

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un did not undergo surgery during his almost three week absence from public life, South Korean news outlet Yonhap said citing a senior government official, as the two Koreas exchanged gunfire around the border on Sunday. The South Korean official declined to provide reasons for believing that […]

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle look to buy $13 million mansion round the corner from Tom Hanks and Ben Affleck – complete with a ‘granny annex’ for Doria Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are said to be eyeing up a sprawling six-bedroom home near LA’s wealthy neighborhood of Pacific Palisades The couple want a home […]

China’s most populous cities saw a spike in outbound travellers, tourists and day-trippers on May 1, first day of a long holiday weekend, led by Wuhan, epicentre of the coronavirus epidemic that first struck the country late last year. The number of people travelling outside their home cities jumped nearly 50 per cent at the […]

More than 1,800 families have been made homeless in western Kenya after severe flooding. Kenya’s Devolution Cabinet Secretary, Eugene Wamalwa, said 116 people had died due to the flooding across 29 counties. There have also been landslides and the River Nzoia burst its banks, leaving many homes submerged in the Buyuku village of Budalangi, the […]

SEOUL (Reuters) – North and South Korea exchanged gunfire around the South’s guard post early on Sunday, raising tension a day after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ended an almost three-week absence from public life with state media showing him visiting a factory. Multiple gunshots were fired from North Korea at 7:41 a.m. local […]

Beijing and Washington are currently locked in a war of words with Trump claiming to have seen evidence that the virus originated in the Wuhan Institute of Virology. A Chinese state news presenter has previously linked the virus as having originated from US servicemen attending the World Military Games in Wuhan in October. In the video, a […]