The most prominent Islamic scholar in Gaza has issued a rare, powerful fatwa condemning Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack on Israel, which triggered the devastating war in the Palestinian territory. Professor Dr Salman al-Dayah, a former dean of the Faculty of Sharia and Law at the Hamas-affiliated Islamic University of Gaza, is one of the…
A Qantas plane made an emergency landing Friday due to what the airline said was a “contained engine failure” soon after taking off from Sydney Airport, sparking a grassfire on a nearby runway and causing several flights to be diverted. The Qantas flight, QF520, was bound for Brisbane and was circling for a “short period…
PA Media Simon Harris is expected to call an election later on Friday The taoiseach (Irish prime minister) is expected to ask Irish President Michael D Higgins to dissolve the current Dáil (lower house of the Irish parliament) later. Under Irish law, once the Dáil is dissolved an election must be held within 30 days….
Maybe because Opoku-Fordjour does not fit the old tight-head mould, he has also appeared on the opposite side of the scrum. While he plays tight-head for Sale, he switched to loose-head for England Under-20s, where Gloucester’s Afolabi Fasogbon and Bath’s Vilikesa Sela give England mammoth depth at three. The trio were hugely impressive in the…
Getty Images Salman Rushdie’s outspoken views on Islam have made him a target of extremists Is it legal to import Sir Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses in India? This question has been puzzling legal experts since the Delhi High Court suggested this week that the notification banning the novel’s import – issued in 1988 –…
Cosla’s call for unlimited council tax raising powers and Royal family cancer battles make the front pages. Source link
Deellir bod y blaid yn targedu sicrhau o leiaf 16 Aelod o’r Senedd yn 2026, gyda Mr Farage wedi dweud o’r blaen y byddai Reform yn ennill “llawer o seddi”. Ni enillodd Reform yr un sedd yng Nghymru yn Etholiad Cyffredinol mis Gorffennaf, ond daeth yn ail mewn 13 o’r 32 sedd a sicrhau 16.9%…
Getty Images Elon Musk and RFK Jr are among Trump’s most prominent backers, while Susie Wiles (centre) co-managed his election campaign Donald Trump’s transition team is already vetting potential candidates who could serve in his administration when he returns to the White House in January. On Thursday, he made the first announcement naming his campaign…
Getty Images The maths contest results prompted a nationwide debate about China’s schools and academic pathways A 17-year-old girl in China hailed as a genius in a mathematics contest cheated, competition organisers have said – ending months of scepticism over her stellar results. Jiang Ping, a fashion design student from a rural town in Jiangsu…
Three people have been charged in connection with the death of One Direction star Liam Payne, Argentinian authorities have said. The singer died on 16 October after falling from the third-floor balcony of a hotel in Buenos Aires. One person who accompanied the artist has been charged with the abandonment of a person followed by…
