BAGHDAD/GENEVA (Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to Iraq this week is a strong message to the United States and its regional allies that Iran still dominates Baghdad, a key arena for rising tension between Washington and Tehran. The first Iranian presidential visit to Iraq since 2013 is also meant to signal to President Donald Trump’s administration that Tehran retains […]

The woman – known only as Rachel to protect her identity – was married to Timothy James Stewart for 12 years before she found out about his sickening crimes. He was eventually caged for 32 years following a four-year legal battle. Now Rachel, of Sydney, Australia, has spoken of her trauma. The mum- of – two learned that Stewart would […]

Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff said President Trump should have to testify under oath as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. Schiff, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, was asked about the possibility of Mueller concluding his investigation before bringing the president before a grand jury in light of conflicting comments from Trump and his former longtime lawyer […]

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Three months into his presidency, Mexico’s Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has already spent more time facing the press corps than his predecessor did in his entire six-year term. And the people love it. Standing at the center of a stage for his news conferences at 7 a.m. every weekday, Lopez Obrador has used the platform to […]

Moscow: Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Moscow and two other Russian cities to rally against tighter internet restrictions. Demonstrators at the Free Internet rally in Moscow protest against a Russian government bill calling for all internet traffic to be routed through servers in Russia – making VPNs ineffective.Credit:AP Lawmakers last month backed tighter internet controls contained […]

The 12-year-old, who attends Boldon School in South Tyneside, discovered the highlighter which had been adapted to contain a blade on Thursday night. The discovery comes amid an epidemic of knife crime in the UK, which has seen 42 people stabbed to death this year alone. Prime Minister Theresa May has announced an emergency package to deal with the problem. […]

Winter strikes back: Northern England wakes up to snow and sleet as 65mph gales batter the UK and Met Office issues more wind warnings for next week The Queen’s Norfolk estate was hit by a power cut as the wind sent trees crashing across high-voltage cables A man was badly injured when a sign was blown off a building and […]

NHS prescriptions for ‘hillbilly heroin’ which was linked to musician Prince’s death and is twice as strong as morphine treble to 1.7million in just a decade  Oxycodone is two times stronger than morphine and more addictive than heroin  The opioid is part of the prescription drug epidemic in the U.S killing thousands  Victims of the drug include high profile stars […]

UK sisters who married ISIS jihadis and are being held in Syrian detention camps with their five children have been stripped of their British citizenship like Shamima Begum Sisters Reema and Zara Iqbal fled to Syria from east London with their children  The pair went to war-torn country with their Portuguese jihadi husbands in 2013 Both were said to have been […]

The Met Office has issued a severe weather warning for snow and ice in northern England, western Scotland and Northern Ireland. Strong winds are also expected to make an appearance, with gusts reaching speeds of 60mph expected to hit southern England today and may cause some travel disruption. A photographer was nearly swept out to sea while trying to take a […]