BBC Abdullah Al Nofal (left) and his wife Douna Haj Ahmed It was early December when Douna Haj Ahmed, a Syrian refugee, discovered the disturbing details of her husband’s detention in the notorious Al-Khatib prison – known as “Hell on Earth“. She was watching bewildered prisoners fleeing the country’s brutal security apparatus, on the news…
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says Bukayo Saka is likely to be out for “more than two months” after undergoing surgery on his injured hamstring. The winger, 23, went off in the first half of Arsenal’s 5-1 Premier League win at Crystal Palace on 21 December and left the stadium on crutches. Saka is a key…
Reigning champion Luke Humphries and previous winners Gerwyn Price and Peter Wright are all into the fourth round of the PDC World Darts Championship. Humphries, who has not played since the opening night on 15 December, was far from his best but still ended up breezing to a comfortable 4-0 win against Wales’ Nick Kenny….
One of northern Gaza’s last functioning hospitals has been forcibly evacuated by the Israeli military, medics say, after dozens of people were reportedly killed in Israeli strikes targeting the area around the healthcare facility. Eid Sabbah, head of the nursing department at Kamal Adwan hospital, told the BBC that at about 07:00 on Friday, the…
New York State Attorney General’s Office Newly released bodycam footage appears to show New York corrections officers fatally beating a handcuffed inmate who died the following morning. The inmate, 43-year-old Robert Brooks, was pronounced dead on 10 December, the day after the incident took place at the Marcy Correctional Facility in upstate New York. Following…
Watch: Planes take off and land in fog at Heathrow Passengers at some of the country’s busiest airports, including Gatwick and Manchester, are facing widespread disruption due to fog. The UK’s main air traffic control provider, Nats, said the flow of flights had been reduced for safety reasons. “Due to widespread fog, temporary air traffic…
Watch: Survivors crawl and walk from crashed plane Azerbaijan’s transport minister has said the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed on 25 December was subjected to “external interference” and damaged inside and out, as it tried to land in Russia’s southern republic of Chechnya. “All [the survivors] without exception stated they heard three blast sounds when…
TOI correspondent from London: After being refused UK visas twice, a Sikh Indian family stands accused of masquerading as Afghans fleeing the Taliban-ruled country to enter the UK and falsely claim asylum, according to the UK’s MailOnline.The family were initially successful; after landing at Heathrow airport and claiming to be Afghans, they were put up…
PSNI Mark Dorrian was 50 years old Three people who were arrested on suspicion of the murder of a man in Newtownards, County Down, remain in custody after police were granted a 36-hour extension. Mark Dorrian, who was 50 years old, was reported to be unconscious at a block of flats in West Street shortly…
Watch: Israeli strikes hit Yemen airport and power station A Houthi political official says the group will continue attacking Israel in solidarity with the Palestinians despite the escalating Israeli air strikes in Yemen. Mohammed al-Bukhaiti told the BBC that the Houthis would “escalate our military targeting of Israel” until it stopped what he described as…
