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Red poppy flowers were dropped onto soldiers, politicians and onlookers from across the world gathered in western Belgium on Tuesday to commemorate the end of World War I. They laid wreaths at a newly renovated memorial for the fallen in Ypres, the Belgian town that earned the grim honor of being synonymous with the brutality…

As Tim Davie is forced to step aside, the outgoing BBC director general left his staff with a firm message: “fight for our journalism,” he told employees on Tuesday, only days after Donald Trump threatened to sue the corporation for $1 billion over a Panorama programme.Speaking during a 40-minute internal call, Davie acknowledged the mounting…

Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah outlines Kuwait’s reform vision, emphasising openness, security, and administrative modernisation/Image: X Kuwait now provides one of the world’s fastest entry visas, which can be issued in just five minutes. The move reflects the country’s broader efforts to modernise administrative procedures, strengthen security, and streamline residency and visitor processes. These reforms aim…

As autumn draws to a close and temperatures steadily fall, excitement is building across the United States for the first snowfall of the 2025–26 winter season. According to the latest forecasts from the National Weather Service (NWS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), several northern regions are likely to experience snow earlier than…

British Muslim journalist Sami Hamdi, who was arrested by US federal immigration authorities, is set to be released and allowed to return to the UK after being held for more than two weeks. On Monday, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said he had opted to accept a US govt offer to leave the country…

Inchcape 1, sunk off Al Aqah in 2001, has transformed into a thriving marine habitat, attracting divers with its diverse marine life/ Image: vipdivingdubai Why the UAE deliberately sank 3 ships: Is it bad for the ocIn a unique blend of environmental stewardship and ecotourism, the UAE has deliberately sunk three ships off its east…

United States President Donald Trump has pardoned his former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, his former chief of staff Mark Meadows and others accused of backing the Republican’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, a Justice Department official says. Ed Martin, the government’s pardon attorney, posted on social media a signed proclamation of the “full, complete,…

Pierre Poilievre’s party may see more defections to the Liberal Party in a few days. Nova Scotia MP Chris d’Entremont who recently crossed the floor of the House of Commons to the Liberals said that he felt on several occasions that he was not part of a serious political party but of a frat house….

The FBI are investigating a cruise line after an 18-year-old woman died on one of its ships on Saturday. Anna Kepner, a recent high school graduate, was travelling on the Carnival Horizon cruise from Miami to the Caribbean when she died. Details about the circumstances and cause of her death have not been released. Carnival…

A U.S. billionaire businessman and a spokesperson for the Universal Ostrich Farm in Edgewood, B.C., will speak for the first time since an ostrich cull took place last Thursday. John Catsimatidis and Katie Pasitney will speak via Zoom at 12 p.m., Pacific time. That will be broadcast live above. Catsimatidis personally financed the farm’s legal…