Police in Germany have arrested ten people on suspicion of planning an Islamist terror attack. The arrests were made after some 200 police officers carried out raids in the states of Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate. The men had plotted to “kill as many ‘non-believers’ as possible” using a vehicle and guns, prosecutors said. A 21-year-old man from Offenbach, near Frankfurt, and …
President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner is cooperating with a wide-ranging probe by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee into Trump and possible obstruction of justice and abuse of power, a person knowledgeable about the matter said on Friday. Just hours earlier, a lawyer for Trump adviser Roger Stone said in a letter seen by Reuters that Stone was not cooperating …
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces say the Islamic State group has lost its last bit of territory in Syria, bringing to an end its “caliphate”. A spokesman for the SDF declared the “100% territorial defeat” of IS. The jihadist group once controlled 88,000 sq km (34,000 sq miles) of land stretching across Syria and Iraq. Despite the loss of territory, …
A vast cyclone has crashed into Australia’s northern coast, bringing torrential rains and winds of up to 250km/h (155 mph). Cyclone Trevor made landfall as a category four storm and officials have declared a state of emergency in some areas. Another storm, Cyclone Veronica, is set to strike the country’s west coast. Thousands of Australians have evacuated their homes in …
Rescuers in China have found a survivor two days after a massive blast at a chemical plant – one of the deadliest industrial accidents in recent years. The man, said to be in his forties, was pulled from rubble on Saturday morning. But the death toll has risen again to 64, with more than two dozen others still missing. …
Thousands are gathering to march through central London calling for a second EU referendum, as MPs search for a way out of the Brexit impasse. Demonstrators from the “Put It To The People” campaign will march from Park Lane to Parliament Square, followed by a rally in front of Parliament. It comes after the EU agreed to delay the UK’s …
Markets in the UK and US have tumbled with analysts attributing the drop to growing fears of a global slowdown. The FTSE 100 saw its worst day of trading this year, closing 2% lower. In the US, the three main indexes ended between 1.9% and 2.5% lower. The falls came after figures showed eurozone manufacturing growing at its weakest pace …
Ethiopian Airlines unveiled plans last October to build a mega-airport south of Addis Ababa. The new hub, it claimed, would handle 80 million passengers a year — the same volume as Heathrow in London. Airlines don’t normally build airports. But the project reflected the ambition of Ethiopian Airlines, which has turned itself into an aviation powerhouse in part by acquiring …
Worshippers have returned to the Al-Noor mosque in Christchurch for the first time since a mass shooting there in which dozens of people were killed. The building had closed so police could investigate the attack but on Saturday small groups were allowed to return. Fifty people were killed in shootings at two mosques on 15 March. As the Al Noor …
Theresa May has told MPs that a third vote on her Brexit deal may not take place next week “if it appears there is not sufficient support”. It comes after European Council President Donald Tusk said Brexit’s fate was “in Britain’s hands”. EU leaders have agreed to delay the departure date by at least two weeks. If MPs approve the …
