Alia Abdelhamid (Left) and Melis Yilmaz (Right) from Dubai International Academy –Emirates Hills earned perfect 45 scores in the May 2025 IB exams./ Image: DIA Emirates Hills Several students across the UAE have achieved remarkable success in the May 2025 International Baccalaureate (IB) exams, with scores that outstrip the global average. Released on Saturday, July […]
A Ukrainian journalist is released from Russian custody in occupied Crimea (Image: AP) Ukrainian Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko was released Sunday after more than four years in Russian custody in Crimea, according to RFE/RL. Yesypenko was arrested and jailed on March 10, 2021, in Crimea, which was illegally annexed by Russia in […]
File photo of Imran Khan (Pic credit: PTI) Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, currently incarcerated in Adiala Jail, is expected to secure bail on June 11 in the Al-Qadir Trust case, according to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Gohar Ali Khan.The Islamabad high court (IHC) is scheduled to hear petitions seeking suspension of sentences for […]
Jeffrey Epstein and US President Trump The long-murky Epstein files returned to the spotlight in early 2024, this time due to a public accusation by Tesla CEO, Elon Musk. In a social media post, Musk claimed that US President Donald Trump was named in documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and convicted sex […]
Far-right activist Tommy Robinson, after being released from jail (Photo: X) Far-right activist Tommy Robinson was released early from prison on Tuesday after a high court judge reduced his sentence for contempt of court by four months.Robinson’s real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. He was serving an 18-month jail term for breaching a court order that […]
Far-right figure Tommy Robinson is set to be released from prison four months early after the UK high court reduced his 18-month sentence for contempt of court. Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was jailed in October 2023 for repeatedly breaching an injunction banning him from spreading false claims about a Syrian refugee. His […]
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said his country is open to a potential ceasefire agreement with Hamas — but only under specific conditions.His office issued a statement mentioning the conditions, which include the release of all hostages, the exile of Hamas members, and the disarmament of the Gaza Strip, reported AFP.“Even at this […]
Nicky Vicky Bhagnani Films and The Content Engineer have officially announced their upcoming film titled Operation Sindoor, inspired by India’s rapid and strategic response to the deadly Pahalgam terror attack. The film is based on the Indian Armed Forces’ operation of the same name, which took place on the night of May 6 and 7, […]
Newark mayor Ras Baraka arrested, then released at immigration detention protest (Picture credit: AP) Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was released Friday night after being arrested during a protest at a federal immigration detention centre in Newark. Baraka had been taken into custody by federal agents outside Delaney Hall, where he had joined demonstrators opposing the […]
Ozturk was arrested dramatically in front of her apartment by masked ICE agents. US district judge William Sessions has granted bail to Tufts student Rumetsa Ozturk, a Turkish student who is in the country on a student visa which the ICE revoked and arrested her after she wrote an op-ed in a university newspaper.Her arrest […]
