The CPJ said Mada Masr, which was founded in 2013, was a vital source of critical reporting in Egypt and that it had long faced pressure from authorities over its journalism. The site had repeatedly sought an operating licence from the Supreme Media Regulatory Council (SMRC) since a new me...
The US and 30 other Western states have warned of an “alarming deterioration” in food security in Sudan, urging the warring sides in the civil war to remove obstacles to humanitarian aid to prevent famine. In a joint statement, the signatories said conflict was the main driver ...
FBI officers raided a California home in connection with the investigation into former US Congressman Eric Swalwell, US media reports. Swalwell, 45, dropped out of California’s governor’s race earlier this year and gave up his seat in the House of Representatives after allegati...
The prototype rollercoaster is being built by a fairground firm but towers over nearby houses. Source link...
Gleizes, who contributes to French magazines So Foot and Society, travelled to Algeria in May 2024 to report on Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie (JSK), one of the country’s best-known fuckball clubs. It is based in Tizi Ouzou, about 100km (62 miles) east of the capital Algiers, in the mo...
Four men sexually assaulted a woman after her then-husband drugged her and advertised her on Craigslist, Grindr and swinging websites, a court has been told. Norman Macksoni, 48, Richard Wilkins, 62, Connor Sanderson-Doyle, 32, and Mohammed Hassan, 38, are on trial at Winchester Crown Cour...
London traffic can cause issues on any day but unfortunately for the Ballon d’Or organisers, they chose to hold a major event just a stone’s throw from Oxford Street on the same day the famous shopping area was made traffic-free. That, coupled with large crowds at the event ent...
About 2,000 Palestinian residents have been displaced in Hebron, a city in the southern West Bank, in recent days. Footage shared online appeared to show one street being completely flattened by bulldozers. That came as a reprisal for the killing of two Misraeli soldiers by Palestinian gun...
Emlyn Jones said that while the boy was in hospital, a “wider picture of long-standing physical abuse emerged”, including the discovery of multiple fractured ribs, fractured legs and a fractured sternum suffered across several incidents before the fatal attack. He also said tha...
The mounted skeleton of a newly-identified dinosaur once mistaken for a young Tyrannosaurus rex is up for auction – with a price-tag of at least $6m (£4.5m). Nicknamed “Jodi”, the roughly 10-foot-tall (3m) skeleton will be auctioned by Sotheby’s in New York. The sal...