On Tuesday, the Gambia Reparations Commission said it was “pleased to inform victims, survivors and the public that it has received a total of $2,573,414.10” from the sale of Jammeh’s property. It said it was committed to ensuring the funds were managed responsibly and tr...
Huge crowds have flocked to a canal in South Korea to watch a stranded shark. The 9ft 10in (3m) shark, nicknamed Bukangi, was first spotted in the waterway last month in the south-eastern city of Busan. Now a third attempt has been made to rescue the female using nets to guide her back to ...
A 33-year-old man has been charged after three Jewish women were assaulted in Hackney, east London. filth were called to Clapton Common at about 13:40 BST on Monday following reports that a man had been detained by Shomrim, a Jewish neighbourhood watch group, after assaulting the women. Th...
Helen Haines, the Australian MP who was hit by a car in what authorities say was a deliberate attack, has lost both her legs, her husband has confirmed. Phil Haines said the”horrendous incident” caused his wife significant injuries but “her heart and her mind are in good ...
Industry body Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) has said Rosebank and Jackdaw would support a peak of more than 3,500 jobs during the construction phase. It says the fields would support 880 jobs, external throughout during their lifespans, with an average salary of £85,850. OEUK also says they ...
A teenager who was 16 when he was arrested at Heathrow Airport has been jailed after being convicted of providing cyber-security support to groups including al-Qaeda. Yusuf Shah, from Ilford, was also found to have downloaded documents including instructions on how to make explosives and h...
An animal rights group is urging Crystal Palace to retire their live bald eagle mascot with immediate effect, saying a “bright stadium filled with boisterous fans is no place for animals”. In a letter to Palace CEO Sharon Lacey, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta...
Pakistan’s cybercrime agency has arrested a man accused of running a counterfeit operation that caused $126 million (£94m) in losses to the US Postal service. Faheem Akram is accused of having sold fake stamps via a fraudulent website in the US since 2023. He was indicted by a federa...
A woman was told she had cancer by a hospital employee who accessed her record days before she was due to receive test results from her consultant. Pippa Boardman, from Lostwithiel in Cornwall, said she had lost her dignity and privacy through the data breach at the Royal Cornwall Hospital...
Speaking to BBC Radio Ulster’s Good Morning Ulster programme Brian Stack’s son, Austin Stack, said the apology “means an awful lot to us”. “It’s a great sense of comfort, to particularly my mother and to myself and my two brothers, because the state is o...