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Kurt Schork Memorial Awards: Independent Arabia wins prize for investigative reporting in Iraq
Independent Arabia journalist Aya Mansour has won the 2025 Kurt Schork Memorial Award for International Journalism.The Independent’s sister publication triumphed in the local reporter category, marking the 10th award the platform has…
Gordon Brown calls for police grill Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor over Epstein trafficking by way of…
Gordon Brown has called for a police inquiry into sex trafficking by Jeffrey Epstein through UK airports in a bombshell intervention. The former PM demanded a full investigation into evidence that dozens of flights paid for by the…
Canada’s Winter Olympics workforce ‘heartbroken’ after lethal college taking pictures in British…
The Canadian Olympic Committee has expressed its profound sorrow following a school shooting in British Columbia that claimed at least seven lives and left many others injured.Canadian authorities confirmed a total of 10 deaths in the…
Pilot saves 55 by crash-landing defective Somali passenger airplane into sea
A passenger plane in Somalia carrying 55 people on board crash-landed in shallow water on a seashore near the international airport on Tuesday. The crew of the plane, a Fokker 50, reported a problem 15 minutes after takeoff from Mogadishu’s…
Russian drone strike kills Ukrainian father and three youngsters
A Russian drone strike has tragically claimed the lives of a father and his three young children in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, seriously wounding their 35-week pregnant mother, officials confirmed on Wednesday.The drone strike…
Discoveries made in seek for Belgian backpacker who mysteriously vanished in Australia in 2023
Police in the Australian state of Tasmania have uncovered new evidence during a recent search operation in the case of a Belgian backpacker who went missing in wilderness nearly three years ago.Celine Cremer was last seen on 17 June 2023…
BREAKING: Thousands of nurses to get pay rise after being ‘undervalued’ by NHS for years
Thousands of NHS nurses are in line for a pay rise as Wes Streeting vows to “recognise the true value” of the profession.The Health Secretary has announced all Band 5 nurses in England - the most common grade of NHS nurse - will have their…
Gisèle Pelicot recounts second police revealed husband’s rape crimes for first time
Gisèle Pelicot has bravely shared the harrowing moment a French police officer revealed the unthinkable: "Fifty-three men had come to our house to rape me," she recalls being told. This shocking disclosure forms part of her public testimony…
‘The President Is Insane’: Trump Mocked After New Meltdown On An Unexpected Topic
Critics are questioning President Donald Trump’s mental health after his latest bizarre rant in which he threatened Canada with new penalties, then delivered a wild warning about the country’s favorite sport.Somewhere in the middle of that…
PMQs LIVE: Keir Starmer to face MPs after nightmare week
Keir Starmer is set to face off with Kemi Badenoch at PMQs after the worst week of his premiership. The Prime Minister is under intense pressure from his own MPs after a week which saw the Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar call for him…
