Mexico: Authorities find 12 bodies in clandestine graves

Authorities in Mexico have uncovered 12 bodies in clandestine graves in the northern border state of Chihuahua. Authorities discovered the skeletal remains in 11 graves in Ascension, about 180km (110…

Russia: FSB security service says jailed American leaked biotechnology secrets

Russia’s FSB security service has said a US citizen sentenced to a 15-year jail term this week was found guilty of leaking biotechnology secrets to the United States. In a…

UK: Fog causes flight delays at Gatwick Airport for a third day

Fog is continuing to disrupt flights at Gatwick Airport with restrictions imposed to maintain safety. On what is expected to be the airport’s busiest day of the Christmas period, it…

UK: Brothers charged over airport fight with police

Two men have been charged over a fight with police at Manchester Airport which happened before an officer was filmed stamping on a suspect’s head. Brothers Mohammed Amaaz, 20, and…

Palestine: Israeli settlers attack farmers near West Bank’s Ramallah

Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinian farmers working their lands in Silwad, east of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank. Video footage captured by local media shows farmers with bloody wounds…

Syria: Authorities crack down on ‘remnants’ of Bashar al-Assad’s rule

Syria’s new administration is carrying out a security crackdown against what it has described as “remnants” of former President Bashar al-Assad’s rule, with operations under way in several parts of the country.…

UK: Starmer asks regulators for ideas to boost growth

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, the chancellor and business secretary have written to the UK’s main regulators asking them to come up with ideas for reform that could boost economic…

USA: Kiefer Sutherland grew up unaware of dad Donald’s success

Growing up, actor Kiefer Sutherland “wasn’t aware” of his father Donald’s success. And it was only when he moved to Hollywood to pursue his own career, aged 17, that he…

UK: Scammers defrauded NI victims out of £19m in a year

Victims of fraud in Northern Ireland reported losing a combined total of almost £19m to scammers over the past year, according to figures from Action Fraud. The Police Service of…

Croatia: Incumbent Milanovic to win presidential election: Early results

President Zoran Milanovic is on track to win a second term in office in the first round of Croatia’s presidential election, the State Electoral Commission says. Preliminary results from Sunday’s…