Asylum-seeker, 28, with Beatles tattoo avoids deportation after arguing she would be at risk of harm if inking was seen in her native Iraq A woman has avoided being deported to Iraq because of her Beatles tattoo The 28-year-old asylum seeker has lyrics from the 1968 song ‘Blackbird’ on her She argued she could persecuted in … Read more
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson: Nominee for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Brown Jackson is considered by some to be next in line for a Supreme Court nod Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia since 2013. Prior to joining … Read more
An Australian engineer and businessman has been detained in Iraq for 15 days with no explanation, and no contact allowed with his distraught wife and three children. Robert Pether, from Sydney’s north shore, was arrested on April 7 when he arrived at a scheduled meeting with his client, the Central Bank of Iraq, in Baghdad. Unable … Read more
Pope Francis leaves Iraq after successful first-ever papal visit to the country By Tim Stickings For Mailonline and Afp Published: 07:22 GMT, 8 March 2021 | Updated: 07:23 GMT, 8 March 2021 Pope Francis today finished the first-ever papal trip to Iraq, which went off without a hitch despite security worries and a second wave … Read more
Joe Biden’s first overseas trip as president will be to a tiny Cornish seaside village for the G7 summit, it is understood. Carbis Bay in Britain’s most southerly county has a population of just over 3,000 and is set to host the first in-person meeting of the G7 in almost two years in June. The trip … Read more
Joe Biden will be keeping busy during the first days of his presidency after vowing to enact several executive orders right away while on the campaign trail. Among the promises Biden has made include mask mandates, striking down the travel ban on predominantly Muslim countries, and having the United States rejoin the Paris Climate Accord. … Read more
A key worker from Hampshire has broken the Guinness World Record for shortest bus driver, measuring 4ft 5.6 inches in height. Frank Faeek Hachem drove a regular car for more than 20 years, but in 2017 decided to take his bus driving test. The 57-year-old, originally from Iraq, works in Chichester, West Sussex. The married … Read more
A disdain for rules that still haunts Tony Blair: The dangers for Britain of a Prime Minister making up international law as he goes along are clear, writes SIMON WALTERS By Simon Walters for the Daily Mail Published: 23:24 BST, 8 September 2020 | Updated: 23:48 BST, 8 September 2020 The last Prime Minister to … Read more
Devout Shiite pilgrims were left covered in blood as they struck themselves with swords and chains during the mourning procession to mark the day of Ashura in the holy city of Najaf. Ashura, on the 10th day of the mourning month of Muharram, commemorates the killing of the Prophet Mohammed’s grandson Hussein at the Battle … Read more
Far-right activists have filmed themselves storming a hotel with migrants inside and confronting them about ‘where they are from’ before leaving as police were called. Members of Britain First gained entry to the Daresbury Park building in Warrington, Cheshire, and knocked on bedroom doors. The protesters recorded themselves asking the guests what countries they were from, … Read more
The wife of the Iraq war vet charged with stealing $350,000 from the We Build The Wall GoFundMe account to fund their lavish lifestyle says she’s ‘not scared’ of hthe case because she ‘knows the truth’. Prosecutors allege that Brian Kolfage, a triple amputee and celebrated war veteran, was the main beneficiary of the scheme. … Read more
Army commander, 51, caught cheating on his wife during lockdown is cleared of breaking social distancing rules Major General Rupert Jones, 51, accused of breaking rules to carry out an affair Investigation into commitment to army’s standards found ‘no case to answer’ It emerged last month he left his wife Lucinda, 47, and moved out … Read more
War veteran slams police for failing to charge protester after woman was filmed trying to burn Union Jack flag on the Cenotaph during BLM demo Iraq war veteran Trevor Coult slams Metropolitan Police over ‘double standards’ He believes protester seen appearing to try to set light to a flag should be jailed War veteran said … Read more