UK Conservative MP Bob Blackman British Conservative MP Bob Blackman strongly raised the issue of atrocities against Hindus and the arrest of Iskcon priest Chinmoy Krishna Das and said it is unacceptable that “religious minorities are persecuted in this way.”While addressing the UK Parliament, Blackman said that the Hindus across Bangladesh are being subject literally…
Getty Images Polling stations will be open on Friday between 07:00 and 22:00 local time The polls are set to open for the Irish general election. Polling stations will be open between 07:00 and 22:00 local time on Friday to allow voters to choose representatives to serve as Teachtaí Dála (TDs) in the Dáil, the…
Getty Images Emergency services were called out on Thursday afternoon Three people have been taken to hospital after a two-car crash in Aberdeenshire. Emergency services were called out to the A90, south of Fordoun, at about 15:40. The Scottish Ambulance Service said: “Three ambulances, a trauma team and a special operations response team (SORT) were…
Dame Katherine Grainger has become the first female chair of the British Olympic Association in its 119-year history. The rowing champion said it was a “huge honour” to take on the role after Team GB announced her success. Dame Katherine is the only British woman to win medals in five successive Olympic games. She will…
This has been rumbling on for a good few months. There were moments during the summer when private discontent among Davies’s own colleagues threatened to spill over into a public challenge to his leadership. It didn’t happen. But winter does not appear to have turned down the heat. There has been a sense that Davies’s…
Terrifying footage has captured the moment a massive shark clamped its jaws around a diver’s head in a surprise attack off a paradise island. The clip, filmed in the idyllic Maldives, shows a swimmer innocently drifting in the blue waters while facing the camera. But out of nowhere, and with shocking speed, the shadowy figure…
Representative image (Picture credit: Canva AI) An Indian-origin neurosurgeon in US has been fined over $2 million for falsely claiming to perform surgeries, according to attorney Alamdar S Hamdani. Dr Rajesh Bindal, 53, from Houston, was accused of defrauding Medicare and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP).Bindal, who practiced at the Texas Spine &…
Getty Images A so-called migrant caravan advances to the US through Huehuetan, southern Mexico, last week Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has sought to clarify details of a conversation she had with US President-elect Donald Trump, after the two leaders offered differing accounts of the call. Following Wednesday’s call, Trump said Sheinbaum had “agreed to stop…
Getty Images People hid in a Kyiv subway during Russia’s latest attack Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to attack decision-making centres in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv with the country’s new ballistic missile, Oreshnik. Putin was speaking during a visit to Kazakhstan, hours after Russia launched a “Comprehensive” strike on Ukraine’s energy grid overnight,…
Chart-topping K-pop group NewJeans have said they are leaving their agency after accusing it of “mistreatment” and “manipulation”. The five-member girl band announced their departure from Ador, a subsidiary of powerhouse label Hybe, in a late-night press conference held on Thursday. One of the group’s member’s Hanni alleged NewJeans had been shunned by the company….
