The bank accounts of pensioners and landlords will be at risk of “snooping” if the Government secures “Orwellian” powers, former Brexit Secretary Sir David Davis has warned. Sir David – one of Parliament’s highest profile campaigners for civil liberties – claims that
Kurdish-led authorities in northeastern Syria on Thursday handed over 50 women and children — family members of Islamic State militants — to a delegation from Tajikistan for repatriation back home. The 17 women and 33 children, all citizens of Tajikistan, were handed
Armored vehicles roll slowly past Haiti’s National Palace as police scan the horizon for gangs. Every day, bullets whiz past the area, striking buildings and people alike. Gangs control most of the territory that surrounds the palace, but a transitional council charged
The UK has pledged an additional $620 million in military supplies for Ukraine, including long-range missiles and ammunition. The announced aid includes 400 vehicles, 60 boats, 1,600 munitions and 4 million rounds of ammunition. The US recently approved $61 billion in aid
A flight from New York to Warsaw carrying Polish government officials was forced to make a landing in Iceland due to a passenger suffering health problems. The LOT Polish Airlines flight made the unsheduled landing Keflavik. An LOT spokesperson emphasized that it was not
Another special cosmic event is to occur this year, and it could be a “once-in-a-lifetime viewing opportunity,” according to NASA. It’s a nova explosion located in a star system 3,000 light years away from Earth and astronomers predict it will be visible
Iran has reportedly started its retaliatory attack on Israel by launching dozens of drones towards the Iron Dome, according to US and Israeli officials. In response to an Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate in Syria earlier this month, Iran has launched
The Georgia Department of Public Health on Thursday confirmed a third case of measles in an unvaccinated individual who traveled internationally. The individual was traveling with an international group of students and does not live in the United States, officials said. The
South Korea’s prime minister and senior presidential officials have offered to resign en masse following Wednesday’s parliamentary elections. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo and all senior presidential advisers to conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol submitted their resignations, according to Yoon’s office, after Wednesday’s
At least 94 people, many of whom are believed to be children, were killed on Sunday after a makeshift ferry sank off Mozambique’s northern coast, according to officials in the area. The boat was carrying 130 people and was between Lunga and