McLaren driver Lando Norris of Britain reacts after becoming a world champion after the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. Darko Bandic/AP hide caption toggle caption Darko Bandic/AP ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — McLaren driver Lando Norris clinched his first Formula 1 title at […]
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The fragile fight for justice in a post-Assad Syria | Syria’s War News
Ziad Mahmoud al-Amayiri sat with photographs of his 10 lost family members laid out in front of him. “There are two options: either the government gives me justice, or I take justice myself.” Al-Amayiri’s threat is directed at one man: Fadi Saqr. Saqr was a commander of the National Defence Forces (NDF), a militia loyal […]
Two marathon organisers arrested in Iran over women running without hijabs | Iran
Judicial authorities in Iran have arrested two organisers of a marathon held on an island off the country’s southern coast after images emerged showing women taking part in the race without hijabs. The arrests on Saturday come as the authorities face increasing criticism from ultraconservatives who accuse them of inadequate efforts to enforce a mandatory […]
Young people to lose benefits if they decline work, says minister
Paul Seddon,Political reporterand Kathryn Armstrong Pat McFadden says government’s youth plans a ‘strong offer of help’ Young people will be stripped of their right to claim benefits if they refuse a taxpayer-funded job after 18 months without a job, the work and pensions secretary says. Pat McFadden told the BBC they would need a “good […]
Man arrested after ‘pepper spray’ incident at Heathrow parking lot, police say
LONDON — A man was arrested on Sunday after a “group of men” unleashed what may have been pepper spray in a parking garage at London’s Heathrow Airport, the police said. The incident was not being investigated as terrorism, Cmdr. Peter Stevens, of London’s Met Police, said in a statement. Officers were called just after […]
Soldiers announce apparent military coup in Benin : NPR
FILE – Benin’s President Patrice Talon attends a meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on May 23, 2024. Eraldo Peres/AP hide caption toggle caption Eraldo Peres/AP COTONOU, Benin — A group of soldiers has appeared on Benin’s state TV announcing the dissolution of the government […]
Tailors and corner stores: The hustles helping prisoners survive | Prison
There’s an old saying in Urdu: Zaroorat ijaad ki maa hai (necessity is the mother of all inventions). I would often hear it as a child growing up in Pakistan. I’ve always been fascinated by how some phrases leap across languages without losing their truth. You see, survival has a universal dialect, and here, behind […]
‘No one knows where it came from’: first wild beaver spotted in Norfolk for 400 years | Wildlife
A wild beaver has been spotted in Norfolk for the first time since beavers were hunted to extinction in England at the beginning of the 16th century. It was filmed dragging logs and establishing a lodge in a “perfect beaver habitat” on the River Wensun at Pensthorpe, a nature reserve near Fakenham in Norfolk. It […]
Ukrainian city hit by ‘massive’ strike as peace talks in US conclude
Russia continued its aerial attacks on Ukraine overnight, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had a “very constructive” phone call with Donald Trump’s negotiating team following three days of talks in Florida. The mayor of Kremenchuk, a major industrial hub in central Ukraine, said the city was repeatedly struck in a “massive” attack. […]
Mass shooting at South African bar leaves 12 dead, including 3 children
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A mass shooting carried out Saturday by multiple suspects in an unlicensed bar near the South African capital left at least 12 people dead, police said. The victims included three children aged 3, 12 and 16. Another 13 people were wounded and being treated in the hospital. Police didn’t give […]