Jack FenwickPolitical correspondent
ReutersThe government has identified a legal basis which it believes can be used to allow UK military to board and detain vessels in so-called shadow fleets, BBC News understands.
Russia, Iran and Venezuela have…
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Guantanamo detainee Abu Zubaydah paid ‘substantial’ compensation by UK to settle torture complicity case
Daniel De Simone,investigations correspondent and
Tom Beal
BBCAbu Zubaydah, shown here in a recent photo, has been held at Guantanamo Bay since 2006 The UK government has paid “substantial” compensation to a man who was tortured by the CIA and…
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Russian forces strike ambulance in Semenivka, two medics injured
Russian troops on Sunday, January 11, struck an ambulance in Semenivka, Chernihiv region, injuring two medical workers.
Oleksandr Seliverstov, head of the Novhorod-Siverskyi District Military Administration, said this in a post on Facebook, Ukrinform…
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200 combat engagements today, most of them in Pokrovsk sector
Since the beginning of the day, 200 combat engagements have taken place between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops, including 43 assaults recorded in the Pokrovsk sector.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said this in an update on Facebook as of 22:00…
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Thousands of tourists stranded in Lapland as cold grounds flights
Thousands of tourists have been stranded in Finland’s Lapland as a severe cold spell has grounded flights out of one of its airports.
Departures from Lapland’s Kittila airport that would have ferried winter travellers back to places like London,…
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Britain is in talks with NATO to boost Arctic security, agreeing with Trump on Russia and China
Britain is discussing with NATO allies how it can help beef up security in the Arctic to counter threats from Russia and China, a government minister said Sunday.
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said the talks are “business as usual”…
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1 elephant has allegedly killed 13 people in just 1 week
(WKRC) – At least 13 people have been killed by a rampaging elephant in eastern India’s Jharkhand state, as authorities struggle to contain a surge in human-wildlife conflict in the region.
The Independent reported that officials said the adult…
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‘Is it a coup?’: A week in Venezuela after the attacks
CARACAS, Venezuela — I woke up sometime after 2:30 a.m. Standing in front of me was my brother-in-law — who had shaken me awake as I dozed on a pull-out sofa. It was dark. Through the windows I could make out the beach: rows of huts with dried palm-leaf roofs, part of the beach club where we…
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Hamas says it will dissolve its Gaza government upon new Palestinian body taking over
CAIRO (AP) — Hamas said Sunday it will dissolve its existing government in Gaza once a Palestinian technocratic leadership committee takes over the territory, as mandated under the U.S.-brokered peace plan. But the group…
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