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The number of pregnant women sent to jail for migration offences has risen by 52 per cent under President Donald Trump, a government report has found. The Government Accountability Office announced on Thursday that 2,098 pregnant women were jailed for immigration violations in 2018. Hundreds of them were held for weeks or longer. The rise…

Two Nigerian table tennis players who traveled to Croatia for a sports competition were arrested by police, bundled into a van and forced over the border into Bosnia, it has emerged. When they protested that they were not illegal migrants and had legitimate visas, Croatian police allegedly threatened to shoot them. Police in the Balkans…

Matteo Salvini has taken his brand of nativism to new levels by declaring that he no longer eats Nutella because it is made with too many hazelnuts from Turkey. The leader of the Italian opposition often makes a point in homely social media posts of extolling the delights of Italian food, posting photos of himself…

Around a million people have taken to the streets around France against pension reform in the biggest strike since Emmanuel Macron took power, seen as a make-or-break moment for his presidency. The country ground to a halt on Thursday as schools, railway stations and public buildings were shut on what has been dubbed “Black Thursday”. It…

Hong Kong police’s explosives disposal squad gave a rare behind the scenes demonstration on Friday to showcase the potentially deadly force of home-made explosives, some of which have been seized during the unrest and protests seen in the city over the past six months.  The demonstration, on a secluded mountain range overlooking the city, came days before…

Nearly 60 polar bears have been stranded on the Arctic coast near a remote village in Russia’s Far East after warm winter weather hampered their hunting routine. Locals have counted at least 56 bears who arrived at the outskirts of the village of Ryrkaypiy earlier this week, the World Wildlife Fund said in a statement on…

The wreck of a First World War German battlecruiser sunk by the Royal Navy in 1914 has been found off the coast of the Falkland Islands. The SMS Scharnhorst has lain undiscovered in the South Atlantic for almost 105 years, since its sinking in one of the most important early naval battles of the First…

A multi-millionaire businessman accused of organising the assassination of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia claims he was covertly passed information on the investigation into the killing by the prime minister’s right-hand man. The allegations raise fresh questions about the extent to which senior government figures tried to interfere in the investigation into the car bombing in an…

Firefighters staged an unprecedented protest outside Australian Parliament today calling for more resources and action on climate change, as a senior firefighter said the brigade could not "perform miracles".  Residents were being evacuated from their homes as bushfires ravaged the outskirts of Sydney as Australia’s bushfire crisis continues. In New South Wales alone more than 7,000 fires…

Australia’s conservative government on Wednesday repealed a contentious law that allowed ill asylum-seekers languishing in Papua New Guinea and on Nauru to travel to the country for medical treatment. The so-called "Medevac" law was passed in February, permitting refugee transfers from the Pacific nations if they were requested by two or more doctors. About 180…