Smuggling arrests over transport of ‘10,000 Kurds’ to UK
(UTV|Amsterdam) – Police in France and the Netherlands have arrested 23 people suspected of helping to smuggle about 10,000 Kurdish migrants into the UK. The...
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Lebanon protests: New government ends months of deadlock
(UTV|Beirut) – Lebanon has formed a new government, ending months of deadlock that have left the country adrift as an economic crisis deepens. Saad Hariri...
Yahya Jammeh faces arrest if he returns to Gambia – minister
(UTV|Banjul) – Former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh will be arrested if he attempts to return to the country, a minister has told the BBC. Justice...
Yemen war: Death toll in attack on military base rises to 111
(UTV|Sana’a) – The death toll from Saturday’s missile attack on a military training camp in Yemen has risen to at least 111, the country’s government...
Meng Wanzhou case: Huawei executive’s extradition hearings begin
(UTV|CANADA) – A Canadian court has begun hearing the case of a senior Huawei executive fighting extradition to the United States. Meng Wanzhou, 47, made...
Libya civil war: World leaders committed to peace, UN chief says
(UTV|Libya Crisis) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that major powers are “fully committed” to a peaceful resolution in Libya after a summit in...
Ahmed Deedat’s Son Yousuf Deedat shot in South Africa
(UTV|Durban) – Leading Muslim scholar and activist Yousuf Deedat, 65, who was shot in the head by unknown gunmen outside the Verulam Magistrate’s Court on...
Iran plane crash: Khamenei defends armed forces in rare address
(UTV|TEHRAN) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has defended the country’s armed forces after it admitted shooting down a passenger plane by mistake. He...
Syria war: Air strikes kill 18 in Idlib city despite truce
(UTV|Damascus) – At least 18 civilians are reported to have died in air strikes that hit a market and an industrial zone in the Syrian...
Tributes pour in as Oman mourns Sultan Qaboos
(UTV|MUSCAT) – World leaders and the people of Oman have paid tributes to Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said, the Arab world’s longest-serving ruler who...