Firefighters are currently tackling the blaze which has engulfed the former Fisons building at Paper Mill Lane, in Bramford. Emergency services were called to the historic site at around 4.58am. Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service say the blaze is currently affecting two four-storey buildings. There are currently 14 fire service vehicles on the scene, including […]

The move is likely to anger Beijing at a time of tense relations between the world’s two biggest economies. The South China Sea is one of a growing number of flashpoints in the US-China relationship, which also include a trade war, US sanctions and Taiwan. The US guided-missile destroyers Preble and Chung Hoon travelled within […]

“Soon, investigators will begin interviewing victims, eyewitnesses, airport staff and the airline carrier” The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation A passenger held their nerve to take the video that showed the Aeroflot Superjet-100’s engine as it was ripped apart by flames.  Harrowing screams could be heard in the short clip as the plane made […]

It was called “collateral” – nude photos and other embarrassing material that female members of an upstate New York self-improvement group turned over to their “masters” to ensure obedience, silence and sexual fealty to the organization’s spiritual leader, Keith Raniere. Now some former members of the group, NXIVM, are poised to break their vow of […]

COLOMBO (Reuters) – The Sri Lankan government has reimposed a ban on social media platforms in an effort to stop the spread of rumors after violence erupted between groups of civilians in Negombo, north of the capital and site of one of the Easter Sunday bombings. The bombings by Islamist militants, which killed more than […]

PARIS (Reuters) – The party of far-right leader Marine Le Pen will top the upcoming European Parliament elections with 22 percent of the vote, just ahead of President Emmanuel Macron’s REM party, an Ipsos poll released on Sunday. It was the first time Le Pen’s Rassemblement National (RN) – formerly the National Front – overtook […]

Passengers were seen fleeing from the stricken Sukhoi Superjet at Sheremetyevo airport. The Aeroflot plane made an emergency landing after a fire on board soon after takeoff from Moscow to the Arctic city of Murmansk. Flames were seen flaring from the rear of the Russian-built aircraft with a reported 78 on board. There was initial […]

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – The United Nations called on Sunday for a week-long humanitarian truce in Libya where forces loyal to the eastern-based military commander Khalifa Haftar have been waging an offensive to take control of Tripoli for four weeks. In a statement the U.N. Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) urged the warring sides to implement a […]

ANKARA (Reuters) – A ruling on an appeal by President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party (AKP) calling for a re-run of the Istanbul local elections will be made on Monday by the High Election Board, the AKP’s mayoral candidate in the city said. The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) won control of the capital Ankara […]

KABUL (Reuters) – At least 20 people were injured after a Taliban suicide bomber drove an explosives-packed Humvee and blew himself up at the police headquarters in the northern Afghan city of Pul-e-Khumri, Afghan officials and the Taliban said on Sunday. Many armed Taliban fighters entered the police headquarters after the blast and opened fire […]