The UK government said on Tuesday it supported the release of documents on ex-prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s past role as a trade envoy, hours after a veteran politician was quizzed by police in the widening Jeffrey Epstein scandal. US authorities last month published millions of files related to late sex offender Epstein, containing revelations which have […]
Security forces responded immediately to stop unprovoked firing by the Afghan Taliban at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border on Tuesday amid intense friction between the two countries, according to the prime minister’s spokesperson. “The Afghan Taliban regime initiated unprovoked firing along the Pakistan-Afghanistan Border in Torkham and Tirah sub-sectors. Pakistan’s security forces responded immediately and effectively, silencing […]
Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday warned of the risk of a direct military confrontation between nuclear powers and the grave consequences such a clash could entail. The statement followed allegations earlier in the day by Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), which accused Britain and France of preparing to secretly supply Ukraine with nuclear weapons parts […]
More than a dozen international humanitarian organisations have petitioned Israel’s Supreme Court to block an imminent order that would force 37 NGOs to cease operations in Gaza, the West Bank and east Jerusalem, warning of catastrophic consequences for Palestinians. Organisations, including Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Oxfam, the Norwegian Refugee Council and CARE, were notified on […]