MPs Reject Amendment to Ban Social Media for Under-16s
MPs in the House of Commons voted down a Conservative-backed amendment to ban social media use…
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American in Bahrain survives reported Iranian drone strike, seeks evacuation help
An American citizen staying in Bahrain narrowly escaped harm after a reported Iranian drone struck a high-rise residential building housing U.S. tourists and Navy…
UK Commons Approves Jury Trial Restrictions Amid Labour Rebellion
The UK Commons has approved legislation restricting jury trials to the most serious criminal cases, overcoming a Labour rebellion. The Courts and Tribunals Bill…
Russia Executes $29 Million Semi-Dark Oil Transfer in Gulf of Oman
Russia conducted a $29.3 million semi-dark ship-to-ship oil transfer in the Gulf of Oman, reportedly circumventing Western sanctions, maritime intelligence firm Windward AI revealed…
Lammy’s Jury Trial Reform Clears Commons Amid High Labour Abstentions
Justice Secretary David Lammy’s controversial Courts and Tribunals Bill, which proposes scrapping jury trials for all but the most serious cases, passed its second…
US Weighs Strike on Iran’s Kharg Island Oil Terminal
The Biden administration is reportedly considering a strike on Kharg Island, Iran’s primary oil export terminal, which handles between 90% and 95% of the…
Labour MP Says Rape Case Took 1,088 Days to Reach Court
Labour MP Charlotte Nichols told the House of Commons that it took 1,088 days for her rape case to reach court after the attack,…
FBI-Wanted Iranian Hacker Mohammad Farhadi Killed in US-Israeli Strike
Mohammad Mehdi Farhadi Ramin, a top Iranian hacker wanted by the FBI since 2020, was reportedly killed last week in a joint US-Israeli strike…