A judge in Belfast ruled that a new law granting immunity from prosecution for offenses during Northern Ireland’s decades of sectarian violence violates human rights. The Legacy and Reconciliation Bill, passed last September, halts most prosecutions for killings during “the Troubles.” The
Italy's northern Lombardy region bans heavy vehicles, imposes antismog measures due to air pollution
Italy’s Lombardy region has implemented severe antismog measures across Milan and eight surrounding provinces. Measures include banning heavy motor vehicles during the day and imposing limits on heating and industrial agricultural activities. Italy’s air pollution worsened due to a lack of rain
The World Food Programme said on Tuesday it was pausing deliveries of food aid to northern Gaza until conditions in the Palestinian enclave allow for safe distribution. “The decision to pause deliveries to the north of the Gaza Strip has not been
Michelle O’Neill, the recently elected First Minister of Northern Ireland, said on Thursday that the terrorist organization, Hamas, would eventually be regarded as the “future partner for peace” in the Middle East. In an interview on Tonight with Andrew Marr on British
A former British soldier will be prosecuted for the killing of a man in Belfast during sectarian violence known as the “Troubles” half a century ago, Northern Irish prosecutors said Thursday. The ex-soldier, who is not named, is accused of the murder
The Democratic Unionist Party, Northern Ireland’s largest British unionist party, has agreed to end a boycott that lasted two years. The breakthrough follows a deadline set by the U.K. government, urging Northern Ireland politicians to restore the Northern Ireland Assembly. The party’s
DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson announces the deal (Image: GETTY) A deal has been agreed to address concerns over post-Brexit trade barriers critics fear are driving a wedge with the rest of the UK – paving the way for the return of
A rhinoceros was successfully impregnated through embryo transfer, marking the first successful use of the method. The pregnancy was discovered after the surrogate mother’s death due to a bacterial infection in Nov. 2023. Scientists say they are optimistic about the potential of
The U.K. government has granted Northern Ireland politicians an extension until Feb. 8 to restore the collapsed regional government in Belfast. The extension is given after a previous deadline in January passed without a resolution to the deadlock. Northern Ireland’s largest British
A woman was killed and her husband and daughter seriously injured in a traffic collision at a protest barricade in France on Tuesday. Demonstrators had placed straw bales across a road as a barricade, and a car plowed into them, hitting the