Voters in Thailand will head to the polls on Sunday amid deep political uncertainty, where the country has gone through three prime ministers in as many years, and amid a tenuous ceasefire with Cambodia following border clashes that left 149 people dead. The snap poll pits Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s Bhumjaithai party, which is backed…
Iranian and US officials will begin face-to-face talks in Oman today, following weeks of threats of military action by Donald Trump. America is sending its Middle East Envoy, Steve Witkoff, to the Muscat summit, where he will meet Tehran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi. It comes amid an ongoing US naval buildup near Iran, which Mr Trump…
Erbil, Iraq – The US military is in the process of transferring nearly 7,000 ISIS suspects from prisons and jails in Northeast Syria to cross-border detention facilities in Iraq. The operation comes amid concerns over security following a mass escape from at least one prison in Syria, but it is also raising concerns over the fate…
Grim footage has emerged showing Ghislaine Maxwell, the confidante of billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, walking her through his filthy prison cell for a look at his spectacular descent. The privileged daughter of millionaire newspaper tycoon Robert Maxwell, Ghislaine enjoyed life to the fullest, becoming a close friend of disgraced financier Epstein. Maxwell, who once rubbed…
Chelsea and Strasbourg came together in 2023 under Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital’s Bluco Group. Strasbourg got the best deals in the first two years. Six players left Chelsea for French clubs, five on loan and one permanently. Strasbourg was able to spend money he had only dreamed about. In the three years preceding Bluco,…
Tourists are being encouraged to visit war-torn Afghanistan with a new guide published this month 15:11, 05 February 2026 Afghan tourists can visit the Jihad Museum, which commemorates the Afghan resistance to the 1979 Soviet invasion. (Image: AFP via Getty Images) For the first time in 20 years, a new travel guide is being published…
Zoe’s sister Izzy won slopestyle bronze in Pyeongchang in 2018. It gave Britain its first skiing medal at the Winter Olympics. 16 years after Ellen Baxter lost my slalom bronze When he failed a drug test after using an over-the-counter nasal decongestant that he believed was permitted. Zoe was watching from the stands with her…
