Month: April 2019

Italy’s government has asked the European Union to come up with contingency plans for a possible mass movement of refugees fleeing the fighting in Libya as diplomats struggle to rein in the burgeoning civil war for control of the country’s capital.  The move came as human rights groups condemned a "horrific" attack by soldiers on…

Films made by Netflix will still be allowed to compete for the Oscars, the Academy has announced, in a victory for the company and all streaming services. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences – the body which awards the Oscars – voted early on Wednesday not to change its rules for winning an…

Donald Trump has reignited a row over unfounded claims that Britain spied on his 2016 election campaign just a day after his UK state visit was announced.  The US president tweeted that a former CIA analyst had accused UK intelligence agencies of “helping [the] Obama Administration spy on the 2016 Trump presidential campaign”.  Mr Trump…

  Joe Biden said Donald Trump posed a historic threat to the values of America on Thursday as he formally announced his 2020 White House bid, framing himself as the person best placed to defeat the US president.  Mr Biden, who served as Barack Obama’s vice president for eight years, confirmed his long-expected bid in…

One of the ringleaders of the Sri Lankan bomb attacks was the son of a wealthy spice tycoon who became “brainwashed” by his radical younger brother, the Telegraph can disclose. The first images emerged on Wednesday of Inshaf Ahamed Ibrahim, the Sri Lankan suicide bomber and alleged mastermind of the atrocity which killed 359 people.…

More than 25,000 children were rushed to hospital in northwest Pakistan after the spread of unfounded rumours that a polio vaccine led to fainting and vomiting.  The scare, which travelled widely online, followed inaccurate reports that students attending a private school in a village near Peshawar fell sick after receiving their polio drops. Many residents…

Easter Day bomb blasts at three Sri Lankan churches and four hotels killed 310 people and wounded around 500, following a lull in major attacks since the end of the civil war 10 years ago. The explosions, some of which officials said were suicide bomb attacks, led to an immediate clampdown, with the government declaring a curfew and…

One of Bangladesh’s foremost female business leaders has vowed to transform job opportunities for women. Rubana Huq – managing director of one of the country’s largest conglomerates – became the first female president of Bangladesh’s national garment workers’ association earlier this month. Despite fierce resistance to her appointment from men in the industry, the pioneering 55-year-old has revealed ambitious plans to tackle…

Jussie Smollett’s lawyers have been sued by two Nigerian-American brothers who carried out the "attack" on the actor, accusing the legal team of defamation in the latest twist to the strange case. Olabinjo and Abimbola Osundairo, a pair of personal trainers, were briefly taken into custody in January as Chicago police investigated Smollett’s claim. The…

Burma’s top court on Tuesday rejected the final appeal of two Reuters reporters sentenced to seven years in jail for breaking the Official Secrets Act while reporting on atrocities committed by the country’s army against Rohingya Muslims. Wa Lone, 33, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, have already spent more than 16 months behind bars. Their…