German prosecutors have charged two Syrians with crimes against humanity that include torturing and killing opposition activists, setting the stage for the first trial of suspected members of President Bashar al-Assad’s feared security service. Germany detained the two men earlier this year under its “universal jurisdiction” laws that allow it to prosecute people for […]

Britain was heading towards its first December election in almost a century after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s bet on breaking the Brexit deadlock with an early ballot gained support from opposition parties on Tuesday. As the European Union finalises a third delay to the divorce that was originally supposed to take place on March 29, […]

Saad al-Hariri, the Lebanese Prime Minister on Tuesday promised to tender his government’s resignation to the Lebanese President Michel Aoun in response to the protests, saying he had “reached a dead end”. Lebanon has been gripped by unprecedented nationwide anti-government protests. Hariri called on all Lebanese to protect civil peace. Lebanese President invites protesters for […]

…1.2 million baht (£30,967) already withdrawn from her account by murderers The body of a millionaire businesswoman has been found entombed in concrete in her own fridge. Dailymail reports that the Property developer Wannee Jiracharoenying, 58, had not been seen since October 18  after she visited a local temple in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand. Her […]

Turkish authorities have detained 43 people suspected of belonging to Islamic State (ISIS) and of plotting attacks targeting celebrations of Turkey’s national day on Tuesday, police and state media said. The detentions came two days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been killed in a raid by […]