The minister’s residence was struck while an important meeting was underway inside, the group said in a statement released by its spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid. The attack was just the beginning of retaliatory operations targeting key Afghan officials overseeing the fight again the Taliban across the country, the group warned. On …
Read More »Troubled ship off UAE coast is ‘safe’ after boarders leave, UK Navy agency says amid reports about Iranian hijacking
“Boarders left the vessel. Vessel is safe. Incident complete,” the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Wednesday, without elaborating and identifying the vessel in question. The navigation agency, which was founded by the UK’s Royal Navy and is manned by reservists, reported on Tuesday that an unnamed ship …
Read More »A new turf war with Strasbourg pushes Warsaw further down the road towards Polexit from the EU
Poland has set itself on a collision course with the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and the outcome of this clash could determine whether the country eventually exits the EU. The country’s justice minister, Zbigniew Ziobro, a leader of an arch-conservative, eurosceptic junior partner in Poland’s ruling coalition, …
Read More »Dozens injured as 2 trains collide in village of Milavče in western Czech Republic
Shortly after 8am (6am GMT) two trains collided in the village of Milavče, near Domazlice in Czechia’s west, the country’s police force said on Twitter. “Unfortunately, at this moment we have confirmed that two people lost their lives at the scene of the railway accident,” the police said in a …
Read More »Unknown assailant threatens to detonate GRENADE in Ukrainian cabinet building as security officers plead with him to stand down
In a video shared online, the unknown individual can be seen holding what was described as an explosive device, as authorities repeatedly asked him to stand down. Passersby, presumed to be government employees or visitors, can be seen pushing past him to enter the building, apparently unconcerned by the threat. …
Read More »Bonkers NHS Trusts are admitting trans women sex offenders onto female-only hospital wards – this really is a bridge too far
Hit pause for a minute to consider the idea of allowing trans women sex offenders to be treated on the same female-only hospital wards as the more traditionally equipped XX chromosome crowd. Hands up, anyone thinks that’s a good idea? I know of no woman who does and I would …
Read More »Debate rages as Labour MP David Lammy questions why ‘Black English’ is not a census option
On Monday, MP David Lammy told Radio Times that he was upset by the absence of certain ethnic sub-categories in the 2021 census that would allow him, his family and other black people the chance to better identify themselves. Lammy, the MP for Tottenham, London, who is of Afro-Caribbean descent, …
Read More »Airline investigating after footage shows flight attendant DUCT-TAPING passenger to seat after he ‘groped & punched’ staff (VIDEO)
Footage of the incident made waves on Tuesday as it found its way onto social media. In the clip, a flight attendant can be seen taping a passenger to their seat, even placing the tape across their mouth, while others on the plane cheer. Frontier Airlines released a statement about …
Read More »‘Our lungs burning’: Turkish mayor issues desperate plea for help as raging wildfires close in on power plant
“The situation is very serious. The flames have come to the edge of the thermal power plant,” Muhammet Tokat, mayor of Milas – located east of the major resort of Bodrum – said on Twitter on Tuesday. Tokat shared a video showing a massive blaze raging through the hills near …
Read More »Federal judge sides with Biden administration, blocks Texas measure to stop transportation of illegal immigrants
“The Executive Order causes irreparable injury to the United States and to individuals the United States is charged with protecting, jeopardizing the health and safety of non-citizens in federal custody, risking the safety of federal law enforcement personnel and their families, and exacerbating the spread of [Covid]-19,” Judge Kathleen Cardone …
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