Islamic State militant gets life in US prison over killing of American hostages
A US federal judge on Friday sentenced a member of an Islamic State cell known as “The Beatles” to life in prison for involvement in a hostage-taking plot that led…
Britain
Britain faces ‘humanitarian crisis’ as energy costs soar, says health lobby
Britain faces a “humanitarian crisis” this winter when the difficult choices forced upon low-income households by soaring energy bills could cause serious physical and mental illness, a healthcare lobby group…
Britain signs up old coal units as back-up in case of winter power crunch
Britain is turning to old coal-fired power units as a “last resort” in case other sources cannot provide enough electricity through the winter as the country faces a wider energy…
Britain’s Liz Truss says she is determined to deliver N. Ireland bill in full
Liz Truss, Britain’s foreign minister and favourite to become prime minister next month, said on Wednesday she was determined to deliver the Northern Ireland Protocol bill in full, even if…
UK inflation hits double digits, highest since 1982
British consumer price inflation jumped to 10.1 per cent in July, its highest since February 1982, up from an annual rate of 9.4 per cent in June, intensifying the squeeze…
UK pushes ahead with Rwanda migrant scheme as small boats keep coming
Housed in a detention centre in southern England, Aladeen says he risked his life to travel thousands of miles from his homeland of Syria to escape being forced to fight…
Moderna’s ‘variant-adapted’ Covid vaccine wins first approval in Britain
Britain has become the first country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine that targets both the original and Omicron variant of the virus. The UK medicines regulator (MHRA) approved the so-called…
British Labour Party to demand energy price cap freeze
Britain’s main opposition Labour Party will call for the energy price cap to be frozen this autumn, a party source said, to help the public deal with another expected surge…
Iran’s hardline newspapers praise Salman Rushdie’s attacker
Several hardline Iranian newspapers poured praise on Saturday on the person who attacked and seriously wounded author Salman Rushdie, whose novel ‘The Satanic Verses’ had drawn death threats from Iran…
Salman Rushdie on ventilator after stabbing
Salman Rushdie, who spent years in hiding after an Iranian fatwa ordered his killing, was on a ventilator and could lose an eye following a stabbing attack at a literary…