34 years ago (1989) Gerry Conlon, Paul Hill, Patrick Armstrong and Carole Richardson had been found guilty of bombing two Guildford pubs on October 5, 1974, killing five. In 2005 Tony Blair apologised to the four – and their families – for
Woman loses 16 family members after attack in Gaza President Joe Biden touched down in Israel on Wednesday for a diplomatic scramble to prevent the war with Hamas from spiraling into an even larger conflict, a challenge that became more difficult as
Israel has been accused of using white phosphorus munitions in Gaza and Lebanon, saying the use of such weapons is putting civilians at risk of long term injuries. Asked for comment on the accusations made by the Human Right Watch, Israel’s military said it was
Burma’s military was accused of launching an airstrike on a camp for displaced persons in the northern state of Kachin late Monday that killed about 30 people, including about a dozen children, Kachin militants and activists and local media said. Col. Naw
The United Nations agency focused on supporting Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said more than 187,000 people have been displaced across the Gaza Strip following the retaliatory Israeli air strikes. Among them, 137,500 are sheltering in 83 UN schools, the agency said. The field
Hamas warned on Monday that it would begin killing Israeli civilians held captive for every new Israeli bombing of civilian homes without warning. The message came from Iran-backed Hamas’ armed wing spokesperson Abu Ubaida, who said Hamas has been complying and acting
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the recent Russian attack that killed dozens of people in a Ukrainian village in a speech Thursday, when he excoriated Russia for hitting civilian locations. Zelenskyy spoke in Spain on Thursday about the bombing of the village
Putin is relying on a Soviet-era aircraft in a desperate bid to make gains in the Ukraine War after a string of successful counterattacks by Kyiv. The amphibious Beriev Be-12, which is being deployed from bases in occupied Crimea, is an aircraft
Police detained at least 67 people across Turkey on Tuesday in a sweep targeting people with alleged links to Kurdish militants, days after a suicide bomb attack in the Turkish capital. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said police carried out raids in 16
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s representative in Lebanon issued the first public announcement of the Iranian regime’s role in the mass murder of American military and diplomatic personnel in the early 1980s in Beirut. The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) first