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Women’s health at risk from UK aid cuts, Foreign Office warned

Women’s health at risk from UK aid cuts, Foreign Office warned

UK Foreign Office ministers have been warned that planned aid cuts in 2023-24 could pose serious threats to women's health globally. The reductions could lead to hundreds of thousands more unsafe abortions and thousands of maternal death...

UK aid budget cuts are ‘death sentence’ for world’s most vulnerable children

UK aid budget cuts are ‘death sentence’ for world’s most vulnerable children

UK aid charities, including Save the Children and Oxfam, have warned that budget cuts are acting as a 'death sentence' for vulnerable children in danger-prone areas around the world. The charities have urged the UK government to restore ...

Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood faces criticism for remarks on state of Afghanistan under Taliban

Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood faces criticism for remarks on state of Afghanistan under Taliban

Tobias Ellwood, a senior Conservative MP, has faced criticism for his remarks about the state of Afghanistan under the Taliban.

UK Criticized for Delay in Resettling Afghan Refugees Granted Permission to Travel to UK

UK Criticized for Delay in Resettling Afghan Refugees Granted Permission to Travel to UK

The UK has resettled only two Afghans out of 1,049 eligible people from Pakistan in the past three months, despite all of them being granted permission to travel to the UK through the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP).

Military whistleblower claims US has UFO retrieval program

Military whistleblower claims US has UFO retrieval program

A former intelligence official turned whistleblower has given Congress and the Intelligence Community Inspector General extensive classified information about deeply covert programs that he says possess retrieved intact and partially int...

Rishi Sunak's Adviser Warns AI Could ''Kill Many Humans'' In Just Two Years

Rishi Sunak's Adviser Warns AI Could ''Kill Many Humans'' In Just Two Years

However, the USA and Britain killed many innocent humans in Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos in just a few days, so what’s the point? Such concerns have also been shared by countless experts in the field, not only by...

EU Urged to Increase Spending on Technology to Keep Up with US and China

EU Urged to Increase Spending on Technology to Keep Up with US and China

The EU needs to increase spending on technology to keep up with the US and China, who are becoming the world's tech superpowers.

Former Australian SAS Veteran Loses Defamation Case Over Afghanistan Executions

Former Australian SAS Veteran Loses Defamation Case Over Afghanistan Executions

Former Australian SAS veteran Ben Roberts-Smith has lost a defamation case against three newspapers over reports that he was involved in the execution and murder of six Afghans during deployment to Afghanistan.

Former British Soldier Dies in Car Crash in Ukraine

Former British Soldier Dies in Car Crash in Ukraine

Julian Thorn, a former British soldier who served with the Fusiliers and had tours of duty in Afghanistan, was killed in a car crash in Ukraine.

Greek Border Police Officers Arrested for Migrant Smuggling Network

Greek Border Police Officers Arrested for Migrant Smuggling Network

Five Greek border police officers have been arrested on suspicion of taking bribes and breach of duty in connection with a smuggling network that illegally brought migrants into Greece from Turkiye.

British Animal Charity Returns to Kabul Amid Controversy

British Animal Charity Returns to Kabul Amid Controversy

A British animal charity, Nowzad, has returned to Kabul, Afghanistan, after receiving criticism for evacuating animals during the Taliban takeover.

UK special forces carried out secret operations in 11 Arab, Muslim countries in last 12 years: report

UK special forces carried out secret operations in 11 Arab, Muslim countries in last 12 years: report

UK special forces have carried out secret operations in 19 countries — including eight Arab and three Muslim ones — over the past 12 years, The Guardian reported on Tuesday.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says Ukraine can't win the war against Russia

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says Ukraine can't win the war against Russia

Why does he bother with winning or losing a money-making war? It's all about business. War is a big moneymaker, plain and simple. The goal isn't victory or defeat; it's all about money. Big money. And when it comes to that, the Ukraine w...

World must be ready to respond to next pandemic: WHO chief

World must be ready to respond to next pandemic: WHO chief

Although COVID-19 may no longer be a global public health emergency, countries must still strengthen response to the disease and prepare for future pandemics and other threats, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) ...

France urges stepped-up US cooperation on terror threats

France urges stepped-up US cooperation on terror threats

France’s interior minister warned of a coming resurgence in terrorist threats in Europe during a visit to the US, saying he had asked Washington for stepped-up cooperation ahead of the Paris Olympics in 2024.

UK minister criticized for misleading claim on Afghan asylum applications

UK minister criticized for misleading claim on Afghan asylum applications

A government minister in the UK has been criticized after wrongly claiming “hundreds of thousands” of people from Afghanistan had applied for asylum in Britain.

Record numbers displaced by conflict and disaster

Record numbers displaced by conflict and disaster

New data shows an all-time high of 71.1 million internally displaced people, with war in Ukraine exacerbating food insecurity

Drawings by Guantanamo Bay prisoner expose brutality of US ‘enhanced interrogation techniques’

Drawings by Guantanamo Bay prisoner expose brutality of US ‘enhanced interrogation techniques’

A Guantanamo Bay prisoner has revealed in detail the abuse and torture he said he suffered at the hands of US security forces at the infamous prison.

Archbishop of Canterbury: UK migration bill is morally wrong

Archbishop of Canterbury: UK migration bill is morally wrong

The head of the Church of England on Wednesday condemned a British government bill that would dramatically curb migrants’ ability to seek asylum in the UK, calling the policy “isolationist, morally unacceptable and politically impractical.”

Duke of Sussex returns to California on British Airways flight

Duke of Sussex returns to California on British Airways flight

The Duke of Sussex arrived at Los Angeles International Airport to reunite with his son on his birthday

Controversial Princes Harry, Andrew Pushed To Third Row At UK Coronation

Controversial Princes Harry, Andrew Pushed To Third Row At UK Coronation

Charles's younger son Harry and his American wife Meghan quit royal duties in 2020 and Andrew, the king's eldest brother, has been frozen out over a sexual abuse allegation which was settled out of court.

British war hero Simon Weston adds his support for Afghan pilot facing deportation

British war hero Simon Weston adds his support for Afghan pilot facing deportation

British war hero Simon Weston is the latest high-profile public figure to offer support for an Afghan pilot who fought alongside British troops in his home country but now faces the threat of deportation from the UK to Rwanda.

Vladimir Putin Has Survived 6 Assassination Attempts: Here Are The Details

Vladimir Putin Has Survived 6 Assassination Attempts: Here Are The Details

Vladimir Putin had himself said in 2017 that he has survived a number of assassination attempts.

Afghanistan: 'Nothing we can do but watch babies die'

Afghanistan: 'Nothing we can do but watch babies die'

Three-month-old Tayabullah is quiet and motionless. His mother Nigar moves the oxygen pipe away from his nose and puts a finger below his nostrils to check if she can feel him breathing.

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Paper straws found to contain long-lasting and potentially toxic chemicals - study

FTX's Bankman-Fried headed for jail after judge revokes bail

Blackrock gets half a trillion dollar deal to rebuild Ukraine

Steve Jobs' Son Launches Venture Capital Firm With $200 Million For Cancer Treatments

Greek PM offers tourists affected by wildfires a free stay in Rhodes next year.

Google reshuffles Assistant unit, lays off some staffers, to 'supercharge' products with A.I.

End of Viagra? FDA approved a gel against erectile dysfunction

UK sanctions Russians judges over dual British national Kara-Murza's trial

US restricts visa-free travel for Hungarian passport holders because of security concerns

America's First New Nuclear Reactor in Nearly Seven Years Begins Operations

Southeast Asia moves closer to economic unity with new regional payments system

Political leader from South Africa, Julius Malema, led violent racist chants at a massive rally on Saturday

Today Hunter Biden’s best friend and business associate, Devon Archer, testified that Joe Biden met in Georgetown with Russian Moscow Mayor's Wife Yelena Baturina who later paid Hunter Biden $3.5 million in so called “consulting fees”

How “peacekeepers” at the UN spend our American tax dollars.

'I am not your servant': IndiGo crew member, passenger get into row over airline meal

Singapore Carries Out First Execution of a Woman in Two Decades Amid Capital Punishment Debate

Spanish Citizenship Granted to Iranian chess player who removed hijab

US Senate Republican Mitch McConnell freezes up, leaves press conference

Speaker McCarthy says the United States House of Representatives is getting ready to impeach Joe Biden.

San Francisco car crash

This camera man is a genius

3D ad in front of Burj Khalifa

Next level gaming

Google testing journalism AI. We are doing it already 2 years, and without Google biased propoganda and manipulated censorship

Unlike illegal imigrants coming by boats - US Citizens Will Need Visa To Travel To Europe in 2024

Musk announces Twitter name and logo change to X.com

The future of sport

New York City Agrees to Compensate Demonstrators Subjected to Excessive Force and Unlawful Arrests Amidst Widespread Protests

Paul Simon: "I can't perform anymore due to hearing loss"

The politician and the journalist lost control and started fighting on live broadcast.

The future of sports

Unveiling the Black Hole: The Mysterious Fate of EU's Aid to Ukraine

Farewell to a Music Titan: Tony Bennett, Renowned Jazz and Pop Vocalist, Passes Away at 96

Alarming Behavior Among Florida's Sharks Raises Concerns Over Possible Cocaine Exposure

Transgender Exclusion in Miss Italy Stirs Controversy Amidst Changing Global Beauty Pageant Landscape

Joe Biden admitted, in his own words, that he delivered what he promised in exchange for the $10 million bribe he received from the Ukraine Oil Company.

Swedish Embassy in Baghdad Engulfed in Flames Amidst a Firestorm of Protests

TikTok Takes On Spotify And Apple, Launches Own Music Service

Global Trend: Using Anti-Fake News Laws as Censorship Tools - A Deep Dive into Tunisia's Scenario

Arresting Putin During South African Visit Would Equate to War Declaration, Asserts President Ramaphosa

House of Commons rejects nine significant amendments from the Unelected, Privilaged House of Lord - Overturn Crucial Migration Bill Amendments in a Bid to Curb Unauthorized Maritime Immigration

Hacktivist Collective Anonymous Launches 'Project Disclosure' to Unearth Information on UFOs and ETIs

Typo sends millions of US military emails to Russian ally Mali

Muslim Tycoon Asif Aziz Receives Approval for the Transformation of the iconic London Trocadero Landmark into Mosque

Server Arrested For Theft After Refusing To Pay A Table's $100 Restaurant Bill When They Dined & Dashed

The Changing Face of Europe: How Mass Migration is Reshaping the Political Landscape

China Urges EU to Clarify Strategic Partnership Amid Trade Tensions

Europe is boiling: Extreme Weather Conditions Prevail Across the Continent

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Hospitalized Due to Dehydration Amidst Summer Heatwave