The Queen’s casket has been lowered into the Royal Vault in St George’s Chapel, where it will lie with her beloved husband Prince Philip after her crown, orb and sceptre were removed from her coffin so she could descend into her grave 'as a simple Christian soul'.
Her Majesty returned home...
A U.S. judge on Thursday September 15, sided with former US president Donald Trump, by refusing to let the Justice Department immediately resume reviewing classified records seized by the FBI from Trump's Florida estate in an ongoing criminal investigation.
Federal Judge Aileen Cannon also appointed Senior District Judge Raymond Dearie...
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin sat across from each other on the opposite ends of a conference room on Thursday, in their first in-person meeting since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The two leaders have developed a close personal bond. During his decade in power, Xi has...
President Vladimir Putin has reportedly embarked on moves to dissolve Smolninskoye Council in St Petersburg, Russian, after it called for his removal over the Ukraine war which even longtime Kremlin supporters are now calling a ‘disaster’.
According to experts, a turning point for Ukraine in the war has led to...
Vladimir Putin's chief envoy on Ukraine told the Russian leader days after the war began that he had struck a provisional deal with Kyiv that would satisfy Russia's demand that Ukraine stay out of NATO, but Putin rejected it and continued with his military campaign, according to a report...
The 74th Emmy Awards was held yesterday September 12.
The event was held at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, and there were quite some big wins at the awards.
“The White Lotus,” “Ted Lasso” and “Succession” picked up some of the biggest awards of the night.
Here's the full list of winners below...
Outstanding...
The Russian government has urged its citizens and administrative personnel to leave the Ukranian city of Kharkhiv as reports of Ukranian advances in the city continue to swirl.
According to Reuters, Ukrainian forces entered the strategic city of Izium after five months of Russian occupation, Kyiv officials said Saturday September...
Ten things to know about the life of Queen Elizabeth II:
BRITAIN'S LONGEST-REIGNING MONARCH
Elizabeth, who marked 70 years on the throne this year, is the oldest and longest-reigning monarch in British history. In September 2015 she surpassed her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria, who reigned for 63 years and seven months.
In 2016,...
A Russian base was reportedly blown up after a Ukrainian hacker set up fake social media profiles of attractive women and tricked Putin's troops into giving their position away.
Speaking to the Financial Times, Nikita Knysh, from Kharkiv, who is an IT professional, explained that he wanted to use his...
Twelve protesters who were arrested by the law enforcement agencies during a peaceful rally against the murder of George Floyd in 2020 will receive $540,000.
According to their attorneys, the amount of money was a settlement from Cleveland, a city in Ohio, the United States of America, the Associated Press...
Russian commanders in occupied southern Ukraine are facing mass mutinies as entire regiments reportedly refuse to fight due to a lack of basic supplies and no pay.
The Russian 127th regiment of the 1st army corps reportedly ignored orders to join a battle near the southern city of Kherson, according...
The European Union has proposed to make it more expensive and harder for Russian citizens to get visas with visa fees to increase from 35 (£30; $34) to €80 (£69; $79) plus a lengthier application process for Russians wanting to enter the EU.
The proposal by the EU will continue...
The Russian military authorities in Ukraine's southern city of Kherson have postponed its referendum on joining Russia, citing security reasons.
The announcement comes as Ukraine says its forces have recaptured Vysokopillya, a town some 167km (104 miles) north of central Kherson.
The regaining of the territory is part of a counter-offensive...
Former Malaysian first lady, Rosmah Mansor has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after being found guilty on Thursday, September 1, of soliciting and receiving bribes during her husband’s corruption-tainted administration, a week after he was imprisoned over the massive looting.
Rosmah was convicted on a charge of soliciting...
Two US warships are currently passing through the Taiwan Strait, amid ongoing military tensions between China and Taiwan, the US Navy has announced.
It is the first time US warships will engage in Maritime operation since tensions between Taiwan and China escalated following a visit by US House Speaker Nancy...
Russia's Defence Ministry revealed on Thursday August 25, its military had struck a railway station in eastern Ukraine, confirming a Wednesday attack which Kyiv says also hit a residential area and killed 25 civilians as the nation marked its Independence Day.In its daily briefing, the Russian Defence ministry said...
A Russian leader in charge of a town in Ukraine’s occupied Zaporizhzhia region has been killed by a car bomb, days after the daughter of a prominent Russian ultranationalist died in a similar fashion at the weekend.
Ivan Sushko, a 40-year-old father-of-one, died this morning, August 24, when a car bomb detonated...
At least 22 people were killed and dozens wounded in a Russian rocket strike on a Ukrainian train station on Wednesday, August 24, Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, as his nation marked the anniversary of its independence from the Soviet Union.
Zelenskiy had warned of Russian attacks on Independence Day, which...
Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the country was "reborn" on the day Russia invaded as he paid tribute to Ukrainians assisting the war effort in an emotional Independence Day video address.
August 24 is the day celebrated as Ukraine's independence from the Soviet Union and it also marks exactly six...
The government of Sardinia is offering grants of up to €15,000 (£12,700) as an incentive for those considering a move to the idyllic Italian island.
Officials have prepared £38 million for the initiative which aims to help entice people to rural areas of Italy and bolster commerce in small towns as the region...
Economist at US bank Citi has predicted that British consumer price inflation is set to peak at 18 per cent – nine times the Bank of England’s target – in early 2023 in the light of the latest jump in energy prices.
UK’s consumer inflation was last above 18 per...
Ukraine paraded destroyed Russian tanks and armour along the streets of Kyiv on Saturday August 20, to mock Russia's invasion as it prepares for Independence Day celebrations.
Before Saturday, the vehicles most of which were destroyed in the first weeks of the war, were set up outside the iconic St...
Taiwan's defence ministry said 51 Chinese aircraft and six Chinese ships had been detected operating around Taiwan on Thursday, August 18 as China continues military activities near the island.
Out of the 51 aircrafts, 25 aircrafts crossed the Taiwan Strait's median line, which in normal times acts as an unofficial...
Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been thrown into a punishment cell for refusing to fasten his top button and encouraging fellow inmates to form a trade union.
According to Mail Online, it was revealed in a post that Navalny was summoned by prison officials and told that video...
The United States Air Force has launched an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) in an effort to demonstrate the military's nuclear capabilities.
The launch occurred at 12:49 a.m. Monday, August 15 and was part of a "routine and periodic" practice. The test was originally postponed on Aug. 4 due to tensions...
Taliban fighters chanted victory slogans next to the US embassy in Kabul on Monday, August 15 as they marked the first anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan following a turbulent year that saw the US and NATO forces evacuate the war torn Islamic country .
Exactly a year...
Russian President Vladimir Putin told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un the two countries will "expand the comprehensive and constructive bilateral relations with common efforts," Pyongyang's state media reported on Monday, August 15.
In a letter to Kim for Korea's liberation day, Putin said closer ties would be in both...
More than 40 people were killed when a fire ripped through a Coptic Christian church in a working-class district of Greater Cairo during mass on Sunday, state and religious officials said.
The blaze, blamed on an electrical fault, hit the Abu Sifin church in densely populated Imbaba west of the...
Ukraine's president was speaking after a string of explosions hit a Russian airbase in Crimea on Tuesday night, August 9, killing one person.
Russia's defence ministry said ammunition detonated at the base. Meanwhile, Ukraine denied any responsibility for the explosions.
Crimea is internationally recognised as part of Ukraine - but the...
A ‘threatening man in possession of a knife’ at the Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, France has been shot dead, police say.
Police say they were called to the scene, an area near the airport’s 2F terminal, on Wednesday morning, August 10.
French radio station RTL reports that the man...
The Ukrainian military has announced what it described as good news in the ongoing war with Russia.
Adviser to the head of Kherson Civil Military Administration, Serhii Khlan said on Tuesday that Ukrainian military conducted what appears to have been their deepest strike yet into Russian-occupied regions of the country.
Khlan...
Hollywood actor, Steven Seagal was pictured visiting a prison camp in Olenivka, Ukraine, a Russian-controlled jail that housed hundreds of Ukrainian prisoners.
Seagal, who is a close pal of the Russian president is seen speaking to Ukrainian prisoners through metal bars. He was also pictured inside the wrecked prison, sitting...
Ukraine President, Volodymyr Zelensky has called on the West to ban all Russians from entering their countries in response to Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
The embattled president urged world leaders to close their borders to all citizens of the invading nation in a bid to further punish the Kremlin...
A watch believed to have been owned by Nazi leader, Adolf Hitler has sold at auction for nearly £1million, generating harsh criticism from Jewish leaders.The gold watch belonging to Hitler was looted from his mountain hideout by a French soldier in the closing moments of the second world war....
There are fears of a possible World War 3 after a top Russian senator pledged that his country will come to China's aid if there is escalation with the US over Taiwan
his country's support if China goes to war over Taiwan.
Speaking after tensions in the region rose following the visit of US Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, Vladimir Dzhabarov...
Russia has banned 39 senior British politicians, businesspeople and journalists from entering the country, including the Labour party leader, Keir Starmer, the former prime minister David Cameron and media personality, Piers Morgan.
The UK has been one of Kyiv’s most loyal supporters after Russian president Vladimir Putin sent troops to start attack...
A Russian tank commander who became the first Vladimir Putin's soldier to be jailed for war crimes in Ukraine has seen his life sentence reduced to 15 years on appeal.
During the opening days of the war, Vadim Shishimarin, 21, shot dead 62-year-old Oleksandr Shelipov in cold blood in Ukraine's...
North Korea is ready to mobilise its nuclear forces, leader Kim Jong-un has claimed.
Speaking at a Korean War anniversary event, Kim said boosting North Korea's defence is an "urgent historical task" adding that the country was "fully ready for any military confrontation" with the US, state news agency KCNA...
The U.S. economy shrank from April through June for a second straight quarter, contracting at a 0.9% annual pace and raising fears that the nation may be approaching a recession.
The decline that the Commerce Department reported Thursday July 28, in the gross domestic product the broadest gauge of the...
Asia's wealthiest woman has lost more than half her fortune after China's real estate sector was rocked by a cash crunch.
Yang Huiyan, 41, a majority shareholder and vice-chairwoman of Chinese property giant Country Garden, saw her net worth plunge by more than 52 per cent from $23.7billion to $11.3billion in...
At least 28 people have died and 60 others have become ill from drinking spiked alcohol with methanol in western India.
The deaths occurred in the Ahmedabad and Botad districts of Gujarat state, where the manufacture, sale and consumption of alcohol is prohibited.
There was 98 percent methanol in the liquor...
European Union countries bracing for further cuts in Russian gas supply approved an emergency plan to curb demand of gas on Tuesday , July 26.
Russia state owned gas company, Gazprom (GAZP.MM) said it would cut flows through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany to 20 percent starting from...
Putin has cut gas supplies to Europe through the Nord Stream pipeline just days after restarting flows, marking an escalation of the continent’s energy crisis.
Gazprom will cut flows through the link to about 20pc of its capacity from 7am Moscow time on Wednesday.
Flows restarted through the pipeline last week...
The world’s biggest nation is about to shrink.
China accounts for more than one-sixth of the world’s population, yet after four extraordinary decades in which the country’s population has swelled from 660 million to 1.4 billion, its population is on track to turn down this year, for the first time...
The United Nations, UN Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, has ordered the immediate and unconditional release of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
The UN indicted Nigeria and Kenya Governments for the arrest and extraordinary rendition, torture, and continued detention of Nnamdi...
A woman who hails from a minority ethnic community was chosen as India’s new president, a largely ceremonial position.
Droupadi Murmu, a leader from India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, was elected Thursday, July 21, by the Indian Parliament and state legislatures in voting held Monday, making her the first president...
The US administration has revealed it will provide additional weapons and security assistance to Ukraine later this week, as the U.S. has collected "ample evidence" and intelligence that Russia is laying the groundwork to annex additional sovereign Ukrainian territory.
The revelation by the US comes as Russian Foreign Minister Sergey...
Russia is forming plans to annex more parts of Ukraine, the White House has said, claiming the Russian federation is planning to repeat a playbook it used in the 2014 annexation of Crimea to seize territory,
The steps Russia is planning could include "sham" referenda, installing illegitimate proxy officials, establishing...
China has warned that it would take "resolute and forceful measures" if US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan.
Pelosi, who is second in line of succession to the US presidency, has reportedly outlined plans to take a delegation to Taipei in August, according to the Financial Times,and...
Russia accidentally shot down one of its own $40million fighter jets in the skies over eastern Ukraine.
Pro-Russian Telegram channel published footage of flaming wreck falling from the sky over Luhansk overnight on Sunday, saying Moscow's forces shot it down. The words 'Russian Aerospace Forces' written down the side of...
A Russian court has fined Google 21 billion rubles ($360 million) for failing to remove content concerning Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine, the nation’s telecommunications regulator has revealed.
The Moscow court said the Google-owned video platform YouTube had failed to block “false information” on the offensive in Ukraine, “extremist and...
Russian President, Vladimir Putin has admitted his nation is facing 'colossal' problems due to the unprecedented Western sanctions over Ukraine.
The Kremlin chief said the West's sanctions had cut Russia off from major technology products and conceded the nation could not develop in complete isolation, but added it would be...
US President, Joe Biden has pledged that the US might use its military to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon.
Biden made the declaration with Israel's Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday, July 14 during the second day of his visit to Israel .
The US and Israel have long accused Iran of...
U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang has jailed a Nigerian man, Oluwaseyi Akinyemi, a/k/a “Paddy Linkin”, a/k/a “Joseph Kadin”, for elderly fraud and Covid-19 Unemployment fraud scheme
Akinyemi, 35, of Hyattsville, Maryland, was sentenced on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, to eight years in federal prison, followed by three years of...
Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the country's acting president on Friday, July 15, a government official said.
Wickremesinghe had already taken on the role after former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country on Wednesday, July 13, following months of anti-government protests.
Wickremesinghe, 73, took his oath...
Countries in Europe are likely to experience an increase in their energy bills after Russia opted to cut gas supply to Germany amid a disagreement with Canada over the repair of its turbine.
Russia had sent its turbine to Germany for repair while the latter sent it to Canada for...
