Outspoken and defiantly secular, Ms Zaitouneh was one of Syria’s best known human rights activists. She chanted in protests ...

THE elderly are at risk of dying in a cold snap due to last till January 8, the UK Health Security Agency warned yesterday.

THE Tory government spent nearly £1 million fighting the release of documents requested under the Freedom of Information (FOI ...

A NEW film about the “concerted campaign” to hide the truth of what’s happening in Palestine will premiere in East London later this month. “Censoring Palestine” explores how the genocide in Gaza is ...

HALT arms sales to Israel immediately, the Scottish National Party demanded today.

THE family of a 77-year-old climate activist who has been recalled to prison after officers failed to fit a suitable tag have accused the electronic monitoring service (EMS) of completely ...

A STRIKE ballot opened at the University of Dundee today in a dispute over job cuts and compulsory redundancies amid an exodus of senior managers. University principal Iain Gilles ...

A US ARMY veteran who drove a pick-up truck into a crowd in New Orleans on New Year’s Day, killing 15 people, had posted videos on social media hours before saying he was inspired by the Islamic State ...

UNITED Nations children’s fund Unicef urged governments today to prioritise the safety of children after the latest Mediterranean shipwreck left about 20 people missing and added to a gruesome annual ...

MONTENEGRO was in a state of shock today after a gunman fatally shot 12 people, including two children, before killing himself. At least four others were wounded in the shooting rampage in Cetinje on ...

“The only alternative in the interests of working-class people is a left-wing programme: tax the super-rich and big business; renationalise energy, water, steel and mail; cut carbon emissions and ...

Star editor BEN CHACKO says the status quo cannot last – but those currently poised to replace it would usher in a ...