Who was Tom Stoppard? British playwright dies at 88; famously attended Jaipur Literature Festival in 2012

[ad_1] British playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard died at the age of 88 on Saturday. He passed away at his home in Dorset, England, surrounded by his family, reports the BBC. Stoppard was regarded as one of the greatest dramatists of his generation. His career spanned over six decades, producing a string of acclaimed plays […]

Amazon delivery driver barges into British MP’s house; cops say ‘we can’t do anything’

[ad_1] A British MP claimed that an Amazon delivery driver barged into his house, shared the footage. James McMurdock, an independent UK MP, raised an alarm on social media as he shared a doorcam footage of a person barging into his house. But more alarming was the police response when McMurdock called the cops as […]

Random Musing: British Broadcasting Calumny – why the UK’s public broadcaster is under siege | World News

[ad_1] There’s a hilarious scene in Casablanca when the Nazis order Rick’s Café to be shut down on any pretext, and the morally flexible prefect of police, Captain Renault, says: “I am shocked, shocked to learn that gambling is going on here,” before pocketing his own earnings with a sotto voce thank you. Much like […]

British Muslim Journalist Sami Hamdi set to be released after ICE detention; wife demands justice

[ad_1] British Muslim journalist Sami Hamdi, who was arrested by US federal immigration authorities, is set to be released and allowed to return to the UK after being held for more than two weeks. On Monday, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said he had opted to accept a US govt offer to leave the […]

King Charles strips Prince Andrew of His Royal Titles: A brief walk through history (and the peculiar British genius for survival)

[ad_1] There’s a reason the British monarchy still exists while its European cousins were sent packing—or worse, beheaded. The French built guillotines, the Russians built firing squads, but the British built committees. Even when they dethrone their own, they do it with a press release and polite applause. So when King Charles III ordered his […]

British Sikh woman raped in UK: Man, woman arrested again after bail; case classified as racially motivated

[ad_1] Two people have been arrested on suspicion of the racially aggravated rape of a British Sikh woman in Oldbury, West Midlands, last month.West Midlands Police confirmed the arrests on Friday, saying the pair, a 49-year-old man and a 65-year-old woman from Sandwell, were also linked to a separate sexual assault on a woman in […]

Explained: Why Elon Musk is under-fire for his emoji on British colonial rule in India; sparking social media fury | World News

[ad_1] Elon Musk has a habit of dropping cryptic emojis and letting the internet do the rest. On October 2, one such gesture — a “🤔” in reply to a post claiming that “there is no such thing as colonisation” — set off a storm in India. The post argued that if Indians in England […]

UK horror: British Pakistani jailed 35 years for assaulting minor girls; victims had ‘deeply troubled home lives’

[ad_1] A 65-year-old British Pakistani man, known as Boss Man, a grooming gang ringleader, was sentenced to 35 years in prison for raping two schoolgirls in Rochdale. Mohammed Zahid, father of three children, who showed a “chilling disregard” for the girls, was one of seven men convicted in June of committing a range of sexual […]

The ‘chimpanzee whisperer’: British primatologist dies at 91 – Who was Jane Goodall? | World News

[ad_1] Jane Goodall (Pic credit: AP) Dr. Jane Goodall, the legendary British primatologist, conservationist, and founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, passed away at the age of 91 due to natural causes, the institute announced on social media on Wednesday, October 1, 2025. She was in California at the time as part of her speaking […]

Anti-Hamas meme: British blogger arrested; UK officers suspect ‘racial hatred’

[ad_1] A British blogger was arrested for sharing an anti-Hamas meme, “F**k Hamas,” on social media, Fox News reported. Pete North, 47, was detained at his Yorkshire home in the UK on September 25 for sharing a meme on X in August that read “F— Hamas,” accompanied by a Palestinian flag and further offensive remarks […]