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Iran has launched at least 16 ballistic missiles and 117 drones in new barrages, according to the United Arab Emirates. The UAE’s Defence Ministry said it had intercepted 16 missiles on Sunday, while a 17th fell into the sea. It added that it intercepted most of the drones but four fell in UAE territory. The […]

Meghan Markle‘s lifestyle brand is “ready to stand on its own” after its partnership with Netflix ended, according to a spokesperson. The streaming firm had partnered with Meghan’s jam-selling venture As ever when it launched last year. Figures showed earlier this year that Meghan’s Netflix show failed to crack the top 1,000 most-watched programmes on […]

A Government charted repatriation flight from the Middle East is due to take off today for Dublin Airport. It is expected to carry around 280 passengers – including Irish people who are non-resident and require urgent assistance. The flight from Oman, was originally due to leave on Friday night but was delayed due to what’s […]

Soham killer Ian Huntley has died in hospital after being attacked in the workshop of a maximum security prison. The 52-year-old suffered severe brain trauma in the attack at HMP Frankland, Durham, on February 26th. A UK Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: “The murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman remains one of the most […]

Eight people have died, flights were disrupted and the military has been deployed as motorists in the Kenyan capital were stranded for hours on Saturday after heavy rains led to flooding. George Seda, the chief of police in Nairobi, said six people had drowned and two others were electrocuted, warning that the death toll may […]

At least seven people have died and 10 others, including three children, were injured after a Russian missile hit a five-storey residential building in Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, officials said. President Volodymyr Zelensky has condemned the attack and called for an international response. He said that Russia struck Ukraine overnight with 29 missiles and 480 […]

England’s Soham killer Ian Huntley’s life-support machine has reportedly been switched off. The UK’s Sun newspaper said the 52-year-old suffered severe brain trauma in the attack at HMP Frankland, Durham, in England on February 26. The former school caretaker, who murdered 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in 2002, had been kept on life support […]

Three women have been questioned by police over allegations of human trafficking and facilitating rape as part of an investigation into former Harrods boss Mohamed Al Fayed. The Metropolitan Police said a total of 154 people have come forward so far to report allegations of rape, sexual assault, sexual exploitation and human trafficking as part […]

The U.S. Justice Department released FBI records on Thursday that summarise interviews of an unidentified woman in which she made accusations against President Donald Trump related to an alleged sexual encounter. FBI agents interviewed the woman four times in 2019 as part of their investigation into accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The US justice department […]

Oxfam has indicated that it is responding to the “immediate needs” of people who have been forcibly displaced by Israel’s bombardment and ground invasion of Lebanon. Oxfam in Lebanon is scaling up its emergency response by supporting thousands of people across shelters in Mount Lebanon, the South, and the Bekaa, providing bedding kits, hygiene kits, […]