International

Real Madrid handed tough UEFA Champions League draw against Benfica, the team that consigned them to the playoffs.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Political polarisation, economic strain and emigration challenge Israel's future as a secure and sustainable state.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Ukraine and Russia held US-mediated discussions in Abu Dhabi last week with another meeting scheduled for Sunday. Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Agreement spins off Department of Homeland Security spending bill as Democrats demand changes to immigration enforcement. Plus, US leads global surge in gas-fired powerDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Senators have reached a deal to advance a major package of spending bills to avert a partial government shutdown that was to begin on Saturday.What is Schumer’s strategy? The intention is to buy time for further […]

Queen guitarist says ‘everyone is thinking twice about going there at the moment’ when asked about touring plansQueen guitarist Brian May has ruled out touring in the US for the foreseeable future, because of the potential danger it would pose.Speaking to the Daily Mail, the 78-year-old said: “America is a dangerous place at the moment, so you have to take that into account. Continue reading...Source: www.theguardian.comRead full article

Lemon taken into custody by federal agents in Los Angeles where he was covering the Grammy awards on Thursday night, his lawyer saysEx-CNN anchor Don Lemon arrested on charges connected to Minnesota church protestDon Lemon’s arrest comes as the justice department pursues charges against protesters who disrupted a service a Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota earlier this month.The protesters believed that the church’s pastor was a field director for […]

Deng Chol Majek stabbed Rhiannon Whyte 23 times in October 2024 attackA Sudanese asylum seeker described as “demonic and inhuman” has been jailed for at least 29 years for a vicious attack on a woman who was working at the hotel where he was living.Deng Chol Majek is believed to have entered the UK by small boat less than three months before launching a frenzied assault on Rhiannon Whyte at […]