Dramatic video captured by Ruptly depicts the enormous scale of the disruption in the southern French city as streets descend into war zones. One man is seen with blood pouring from his nose and slashing down his cheeks. Another’s face is pressed hard against the paving stones as the police restrain him. The chaos marks […]

A senior commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards has said his country will hit back if the US makes any moves in the Gulf. Amirali Hajizadeh, head of the Guards’ aerospace division, told the Iranian Students’ News Agency: “An aircraft carrier that has at least 40 to 50 planes on it and 6,000 forces gathered within […]

LONDON (Reuters) – European elections will be difficult for Britain’s governing Conservatives, their education minister said on Sunday, after the party slumped into fourth place in an opinion poll and a new Brexit Party took top spot. Almost three years since Britain voted to leave the European Union, the country’s Brexit process has become mired […]

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuban gay rights activists held an unauthorized independent pride parade in Havana on Saturday despite the Communist government warning against it and calling it subversive, an unprecedented show of civil society in the one-party state. More than a hundred Cubans chanting “long live a diverse Cuba” and carrying rainbow flags joyfully marched […]

Billionaire Richard Branson is moving Virgin Galactic’s winged passenger rocket and more than 100 employees from California to a remote commercial launch and landing facility in southern New Mexico, bringing his space-tourism dream a step closer to reality. Branson said Friday at a news conference that Virgin Galactic’s development and testing program has advanced enough […]

Tensions between Iran and the USA are escalating rapidly after Tehran leader Hassan Rouhani suspended further commitments to the controversial nuclear deal. The deal, which was struck during Barack Obama’s presidency, saw Iran agree to scrap its nuclear programs in return for the lifting of economic sanctions. But the agreement has proved controversial on both […]

Alvin died from natural causes at his home in Seattle, US, on Thursday.  He penned the screenplays for Spider-Man 2 in 2004 and Spider-Man 3 in 2007 before rewriting The Amazing Spider-Man in 2012. The renowned wordsmith won an Oscar for his 1977 Holocaust drama Julia and another for 1980 film Ordinary People, about a […]

Mr Khan told The Times that he has been placed under protection after receiving volatile abuse on social media, ranging from “name calling and trolling” to threats of terrorism. The former MP for Tooting added that levels of abuse across the UK have risen since the 2016 Brexit referendum. He said: “It can’t be right […]

Cigarette maker Philip Morris International Inc has suspended a global social media marketing campaign in response to Reuters inquiries into the company’s use of young online personalities to sell its new “heated tobacco” device, including a 21-year-old woman in Russia. The company’s internal “marketing standards” prohibit it from promoting tobacco products with youth-oriented celebrities or […]

He’ll be ‘plain’ old Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. It’s a bit of a burden for an infant not yet a week old, not to mention a mouthful, but while baby Archie is, to his parents Harry and Meghan, obviously the most important thing in their world, to the world, he’s just another celebrity royal baby. Please […]