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Lewie Chiaramello, Heba Muraisi and Kamran Ahmed
Pro-Palestine activists end hunger strike in UK prison after achieving key demand
LONDON — Three Palestine Action activists awaiting trial have ended their 73-day-long hunger strike protest in prison after the UK government decided not to award a major contract to the British subsidiary of an Israeli arms company.In a statement issued by their supporters said they had ended their protests at their respective prisons where they are being detained on remand.The Prisoners for Palestine group said in a statement on Wednesday that hunger strikers Kamran Ahmed, 28, Heba Muraisi, 31, and Lewie Chiaramello, 22,ended their strike after one of their “key” demands was achieved.Chiaramello, who has type 1 diabetes, had decided to refuse food every other day due to his underlying health condition.“Our prisoners’ hunger strike will be remembered as a landmark moment of pure...
January 15, 2026

Pro-Palestine activists end hunger strike in UK prison after achieving key demand

US Vice President JD Vance
Denmark and Greenland FMs to face Vance in high-stakes White House meeting
NUUK — The top diplomats from Denmark and Greenland were to visit the White House on Wednesday for high-stakes talks following weeks of threats by President Donald Trump to take control of the autonomous Danish territory.Greenland and Denmark say the island is not for sale, threats of force are reckless and security concerns should be resolved among allies. Prominent EU countries have backed Denmark.Hours before the meeting was due to start, Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen sought to ease US concerns about security in Greenland, telling AFP Denmark was boosting its military presence there and was in talks with allies on "an increased NATO presence in the Arctic."When Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen and his Greenlandic counterpart, Vivian Motzfeldt, meet...
January 14, 2026

Denmark and Greenland FMs to face Vance in high-stakes White House meeting

Spanish singer Julio Iglesias performs during his jubilee concert at the State Kremlin palace in Moscow, Russia, 17 October 2018. — EPA
Spanish singer Julio Iglesias accused of sexual assault by two former aides
MADRID — Two women who claim to have worked for Spanish legendary singer Julio Iglesias say the popular artist sexually assaulted them at his residences in the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas.The allegations, made in reports by Spanish news site elDiario.es and US outlet Univision, are being investigated by Spain's judiciary.The singer employed the two women at his properties in Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic, and Lyford Cay, in the Bahamas. According to their testimonies, the sexual assaults took place in 2021.Iglesias, who is 82, has been a household name in Spain since the 1960s and has sold millions of records worldwide.According to the alleged victims, Iglesias exercised absolute control and committed abuses of power, with behaviour that they describe as sexual...
January 14, 2026

Spanish singer Julio Iglesias accused of sexual assault by two former aides

Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides (L) and Cypriot First lady Philippa Karsera (R) attend the official ceremony of EU Council Presidency in Nicosia, Cyprus, 07 January 2026.  — EPA
Top aide to Cyprus president quits after corruption allegations
NICOSIA — A top aide to Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides has resigned after a video circulated online appearing to show him and others offering political influence to would-be investors in exchange for cash.Christodoulides said he accepted the resignation of Charalambos Charalambous — who is the director of the presidential office and his brother-in-law — describing it as "an act of self-confidence" and "not of pressure or guilt".Charalambous had earlier posted on Facebook that he would never allow his government job to be "converted into a tool of manipulation" to harm Cyprus or the president.He called his appearance in the video a product of "deliberate distortions" and of "selective editing" aimed at manufacturing false and misleading conclusions.The video, posted on social...
January 13, 2026

Top aide to Cyprus president quits after corruption allegations

French Far-right leader Marine Le Pen speaks to the press in Paris on Monday. — EPA
French far-right leader Le Pen appeals embezzlement conviction 
PARIS — A high-stakes appeal by far-right French politician Marine Le Pen starts on Tuesday against a ruling that banned her from running for public office for five years.Le Pen, 57, is seeking to overturn a March ruling that found her guilty of misusing European Parliament funds. She was slapped with a five-year ban from holding elected office, two years of house arrest with an electronic bracelet, a further two-year suspended sentence and a 100,000-euro ($116,800) fine.“I hope I’ll be able to convince the judges of my innocence,” Le Pen told reporters Monday. “It’s a new court with new judges. The case will be reset, so to speak.”She was seen as the potential front-runner to succeed President Emmanuel Macron in the 2027 election until last year’s ruling, which sent shock...
January 13, 2026

French far-right leader Le Pen appeals embezzlement conviction 

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan
London’s record-low homicide rate disproves Trump’s ‘dystopian’ claims, says mayor Khan
LONDON — London’s homicide rate fell in 2025 to its lowest level in decades, officials said Monday, with Mayor Sadiq Khan saying the figures disprove claims by US President Donald Trump and others on the political right that crime is out of control in Britain's capital.Police recorded 97 homicides in London in 2025, down from 109 in 2024 and the fewest since 2014. The Metropolitan Police force said the rate by population is the lowest since comparable records began in 1997, at 1.1 homicides for every 100,000 people.That compares to 1.6 per 100,000 in Paris, 2.8 in New York and 3.2 in Berlin, the force said.“There are some politicians and commentators who’ve been spamming our social media with an endless stream of distortions and untruths, painting an image of a dystopian...
January 13, 2026

London’s record-low homicide rate disproves Trump’s ‘dystopian’ claims, says mayor Khan

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola
European Parliament bars Iranian diplomats from entering its premises 
BRUSSELS — The European Parliament has barred Iranian diplomats from entering its premises amid the ongoing crackdown on protesters by Tehran, President Roberta Metsola said on Monday.The ban is in place in Brussels, Strasbourg, Luxembourg and all of Parliament’s liaison offices in European cities, according to a Parliament official.Metsola has clashed in recent weeks with the Iranian embassy in Brussels over her staunch support for the protesters. Iran’s mission to the EU accused her of “disgusting hypocrisy” in a social media post last week.In a new social media post on Monday, Metsola said the Parliament “will not aid in legitimizing this regime that has sustained itself through torture, repression and murder.”“I have taken the decision to ban all diplomats, staff of...
January 13, 2026

European Parliament bars Iranian diplomats from entering its premises 

French owners of the bar in Crans-Montana Jacques and Jessica Moretti (C) arrive with their lawyers for questioning by the Valais public prosecutor's office in Sion, Switzerland, 09 January 2026. — EPA
Swiss court orders ski resort owner kept in custody after deadly fire
GENEVA — A Swiss court ordered on Monday three months of pretrial detention for the co-owner of a bar in the upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana that caught fire on New Year's Day, killing 40 people and injuring 116 others.The court of compulsory measures in the southwestern canton of Valais ordered that Jacques Moretti be held because of a possible "flight risk" highlighted by prosecutors.However, the court said in a statement it was inclined to lift the three months of pretrial detention if sufficient “security measures,” potentially including bail, are arranged.It said he should remain in custody until the measures are worked out.Prosecutors for the Valais canton initially ordered Moretti to be detained on Friday after a lengthy hearing with him and his wife, Jessica.In a...
January 13, 2026

Swiss court orders ski resort owner kept in custody after deadly fire

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte
NATO working to bolster Greenland security after Trump’s threats 
BRUSSELS — NATO said on Monday that it intends to work with Greenland's government on strengthening the defense of the Danish autonomous territory, as US President Donald Trump repeated his threats of annexing the island.On Sunday, Trump further stoked tensions by saying that the United States would take the territory "one way or the other," and poked fun at the island's defenses, saying they consisted only of "two dog sleds."NATO chief Mark Rutte said the alliance was working on "the next steps" to bolster Arctic security.Confronted with the prospect of annexation by force, Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen has placed his hopes in the US-led military alliance NATO."Our security and defence belong in NATO. That is a fundamental and firm line," Nielsen said in a...
January 13, 2026

NATO working to bolster Greenland security after Trump’s threats 

Extreme cold has grounded numerous flights and left thousands of tourists stranded in Lapland
Tourists stranded as cold grounds flights at Finnish airport 
HELSINKI —Thousands of tourists were stranded in northern Finland as a severe cold spell has grounded flights out of one of its airports.Departures from Lapland's Kittila airport that would have ferried winter travellers back to places like London, Bristol, Manchester, Paris and Amsterdam were all canceled on Sunday as temperatures did not go above -35°C, making it impossible to service aircraft.The issue is expected to continue on Monday as a low of -39°C is forecast by Finland's meteorological agency. The extreme cold makes it hard to de-ice planes, while maintenance and refuelling equipment on the ground can freeze.Airport operator Finavia told public broadcaster Yle that moisture in the air was making the situation worse as it was creating slippery frost.While Lapland,...
January 12, 2026

Tourists stranded as cold grounds flights at Finnish airport 

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