Maureen (Flavin) Sweeney, a lighthouse worker in Ireland whose critical weather reports helped ensure the success of the epic D-Day invasion of Normandy in World War II, died on Sunday at 100 years old, according to multiple reports on Monday in Irish
A former British colony itself, India was the first country to chair the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation. Shazia Ilmi, national spokesperson for India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, told Spanish international news agency EFE that India has given its backing for
Allies of Rishi Sunak have launched a furious fightback accusing Tory rebels of only having an agenda to bring down the Prime Minister and not really caring about illegal immigration. With Mr Sunak desperately clinging on to his Premiership by his fingernails
The military spy satellite launched by North Korea on Tuesday successfully entered orbit, according to South Korean officials. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff acknowledged on Wednesday the apparent success of the Malligyong-1 satellite launch into orbit, though they stopped short of
Iran claims to have developed a new hypersonic ballistic missile, allegedly expanding one of the most dangerous military capabilities at their disposal. “While a genuine hypersonic capability would be a huge step forward for Iranian ballistic missiles, the claim should be taken
A new petition has been launched to pressurise Rish Sunak into caving into demands from Tory MPs on the right to change the law and leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The ECHR’s Strasbourg court, according to critics, has become
Allies of former Home Secretary Suella Braverman are set to meet this afternoon to discuss how to respond to her dramatic sacking. Express.co.uk has learnt that members of the influential right-wing Common Sense Group and New Conservatives will come together to discuss their reaction
Russia sought to retrieve parts from defence systems it had exported to some of its allies as the war in Ukraine continues to deplete the Kremlin’s stocks, it has been claimed. Pakistan, Egypt, Belarus and Brazil are among the countries a delegation
Russia is reportedly going cap in hand to allies asking for sold helicopter parts to be returned to restock the Russian military. A Russian delegation in Egypt last April is said to have asked the Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah Al Sisi for
The Berlin Wall, a foreboding vestige of the Cold War that divided communist East Berlin from democratic West Berlin, was opened and fell amid confusion, then joyous celebration on this day in history, Nov. 9, 1989. Jubilant Germans arrived over the next