Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who returned from exile last year, is set to be released from prison after being granted parole by the country’s justice minister. Thaksin’s potential parole signifies a move towards reconciliation between his populist political party and
On Wednesday, the European Court of First Instance annulled the EU Commission’s green light for €3.4 billion (£3bn) in state aid granted by the Netherlands to KLM during the covid pandemic. The Irish company, Ryanair, is now seeking measures to address the
“If that gets to the point where I’m not able to do that, I’m not allowed to do that, I probably won’t play. I’ll probably go and play Chinese 8-Ball because I still want to play snooker, I still want a cue
In a shocking development, Josef Fritzl, infamously known as the “incest monster”, has been granted conditional release from a mental health prison by an Austrian court. The 88-year-old, serving a life sentence for the horrifying crimes of rape, enslavement, and the murder,
Roughly three million disenfranchised British citizens living abroad have regained their right to vote thanks to legal changes which came into force today. The end of the so-called 15-year rule means people with UK citizenship who have lived elsewhere for more than
Vladimir Putin has signed a decree making it possible to confer Russian citizenship on Ukrainian children taken to Russia. The Ukrainian authorities have identified more than 19,000 children who have been deported since February 2022. Only 387 children have been brought back,
When 4-year-old Lily Christiana met her elf, Crackles, for the first time this Christmas season, she instantly loved him and his nightly antics. So when Lily found out Crackles would be leaving on Christmas Day to return to the North Pole, she was “heartbroken,”
An ISIS fanatic has been granted the right to live in the UK after illegally entering – despite MI5 warning he poses a terror threat. Judges have said the Sudanese man can remain on human rights grounds, because if he was sent
Manchester United will unveil Sir Jim Ratcliffe as their new part-owner later today, according to reports. The petrochemicals billionaire is set to assume control of the club’s sporting operations from the Glazers, having made it a key element of long-running negotiations. Red
The widow of murdered Saudi journalist and dissident Jamal Khashoggi has been granted political asylum in the U.S., according to reports. Hanan Elatr feared for her safety and came to the U.S. in August 2020, when she applied for asylum following the