United Nations peacekeepers started departing from two bases in northern Mali Monday as part of a forced withdrawal from the country amid increasing insecurity and a rise in attacks by Islamic extremists. The U.N. mission said it wanted to complete its departure
As skirmishes broke out between Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants along Israel’s northern border on Sunday, the United Nations mission said a rocket struck its headquarters in southern Lebanon. The U.N. mission said none of its peacekeepers were hurt despite not being
Jewish schools in the United Kingdom have stepped up security over fears of antisemitism that could be directed at children amid Israel’s war with Hamas. Police patrols around some schools have increased in and around London and Manchester, the BBC reported. Parents
A Palestinian man was killed by Israeli troops during an arrest raid in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry, the latest bloodshed in one of the most violent stretches of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in years. Israeli
The crisis for the SNP has escalated even further, as Scotland’s chief constable has confirmed that the police investigation into the party’s finances has been expanded. The scope of the investigation will now include allegations of “misuse of funds” and “potential embezzlement”,
The United Nations warned that violence in northeastern Congo has escalated significantly, with more than 40 civilians killed in three days. More than 600 people have been killed and 345,000 displaced in Ituri province so far this year, according to Stephane Dujarric,
A family has threatened to “chain themselves’ to their children’s” trampoline to stop a council from removing it in a health and safety row. The authority is reportedly planning to take the £600 kit away as it fears being sued if someone
More than 10,000 people have been detected crossing the English Channel in small boats so far this year, after after numbers spiked in recent days, figures show. Some 486 people made the crossing on Friday, with a further 374 on Saturday. The
Sadiq Khan’s controversial expansion of ULEZ has been hit with another knockback, with the High Court challenge to the plans escalating even further. A number of London councils have brought a legal challenge to the zone’s expansion. Today, the High Court announced
Nadine Dorries has said former Prime Minister Boris Johnson will not be making a return to frontline politics, claiming it is “the last thing on his mind”. The former culture secretary had an early hours phone call with the Prime Minister, who