Category: News Desk

Tue 29 August 2023: Britain’s Home Office says asylum seekers arriving undocumented to the United Kingdom could be monitored with electronic and GPS tags, according to a report by The Times newspaper. Under the Illegal Migration Act, approved by the House of Commons in April, anyone who arrives in the country on small boats will be prevented […]

Mon 28 August 2023: Poland and the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have demanded that Belarus expel the Russian Wagner mercenary group from its territory, Polish media reported on Monday. Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski said at a joint press conference with the interior ministers of the Baltic states that they all demand […]

Mon 28 August 2023: France plans to ban the abaya, a long loose-fitting overgarment worn by some Muslim women, on school grounds, the country’s education minister said on Sunday. Gabriel Attal told broadcaster TF1 that the government intends to convey “clear rules” on the matter to school officials across the country. Attal also said he […]

Sun 27 August 2023: Under “tough” plans announced by the prime minister late Saturday, the UK’s “most depraved” killers will face life behind bars with no chance of being released. “I have shared the public’s horror at the cruelty of crimes we have seen recently. People rightly expect that in the most serious cases, there […]

Sun 27 August 2023: At least one person died and dozens more were injured in two successive explosions at a liquid gas fueling station near the Romanian capital Bucharest. Fifty-seven people were injured, some of them seriously, in the blasts on Saturday evening in the village of Crevedia, 20 kilometres north-west of Bucharest, the Romanian […]

Sun 27 August 2023: Trump’s campaign says he has raised $7.1 million since Thursday when he was booked at the Fulton County Jail in Georgia on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 election in the state and became the first former president in U.S. history to ever have a mug shot taken. Spokesman Steven […]

Sun 27 August 2023: The death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner paramilitary group, following a plane crash on Wednesday has been confirmed by formal genetic analysis, Russia’s Investigative Committee has said. “According to their results, the identities of all 10 victims were established, they correspond to the list stated in the flight list,” […]

Sat 26 August 2023: A second bulk cargo ship has left Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odessa despite Russia’s naval blockade and unilateral decision in July to cancel an international deal allowing grain exports. The ship, now named Primus and sailing under a Liberian flag, left port on Saturday morning, according to ship tracker MarineTraffic. […]