The Uber ride-hailing service was stripped of its London operating license on Monday for the second time in just over two years, subject to appeal after the regulator found a “pattern of failures” on safety and security. A change to Uber’s systems allowed unauthorized drivers to upload their photos to other drivers’ accounts, meaning they […]

The Philippines’ vice president vowed to carry on a fight against President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody anti-narcotics campaign, a day after he removed her from the chair of an inter-agency panel tasked with overseeing his war on drugs. Leni Robredo, a former human rights lawyer who was elected separately from the president, was named as head […]

Italian authorities have agreed to grant the Open Arms ship access to a port to disembark 62 African migrants it has been carrying since Wednesday, the founder of the Spanish rescue mission said on Sunday. Oscar Camps said the vessel is set to dock at the southern Italian port of Taranto on Tuesday afternoon, although […]

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper fired the Navy’s top civilian on Sunday over his handling of the case of a Navy SEAL who was convicted of battlefield misconduct in Iraq and later won the support of President Donald Trump. Esper also determined that the sailor in question, Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, should be allowed […]

One of Britain’s first gay fathers – who recently split from his husband – has revealed he is planning to have twin girls with his younger lover. Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, 50, and his husband Tony, 55, became the first same-sex couple to be formally registered as parents in 1999. But the couple separated last month after […]