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…
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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…
N Ireland: Attempted murder arrest over Ballygawley attack
A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a man was assaulted with a metal grate in Ballygawley, County Tyrone. The victim, who is in his 50s, sustained…
S Korea: President Yoon accused of ordering use of guns to stop martial law vote
Prosecutors allege that South Korea’s suspended president told the military to use guns while attempting to remove lawmakers from parliament while they were voting down his martial law decree. On…
Chad: Voting begins as opposition parties call for election boycott
Voting has begun in general elections in Chad, which President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno has portrayed as a key step in a transition to democracy but are being boycotted by the country’s…
USA: Biden’s legacy in the eyes of his former officials
In July, outgoing United States President Joe Biden claimed he had “done more for the Palestinian community than anybody”. Maryam Hassanein, a political appointee who resigned from his administration, strongly…
Ukraine: Zelenskyy accuses Slovakia of opening ‘second energy front’ against Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico of opening a “second energy front” against Kyiv on the orders of Moscow, deepening an already tense dispute over transfers of…
USA: Homelessness up 18 percent in last year amid cost of living crisis
The number of people living in homelessness in the United States has increased by 18 percent over the last year, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) said in a…
China: Driver who killed dozens in car attack sentenced to death
A man who killed dozens by driving his car into people exercising outside a stadium in southern China has been sentenced to death. Fan Weiqiu was accused of “endangering public…