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Gargash says Mohamed bin Zayed leads with simplicity and public trust

Abu Dhabi: Dr. Anwar Gargash, Diplomatic Adviser to the UAE President, has commended the leadership style of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, describing him as a leader who is closely connected to people through regular public engagement and direct interaction with citizens.In remarks shared on X, Gargash said Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed was among the region’s most prominent leaders who “lead from the field”, noting that he finds genuine joy in meeting peopl...

Indyref2 demands perfectly reasonable with pro-independence majority – Flynn

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Slovak PM to hold urgent meeting with Transpetrol company after visit to Russia

Robert Fico said that he had important information on prospects for cooperation with Russia in the energy sector

‘Better the devil you know’: former Labour voters in Birmingham unsure about replacing Starmer

Focus group sceptical that replacing Keir Starmer would improve party’s fortunes, with some drawn to Reform or the GreensUK politics – liveAs Keir Starmer faces the prospect of a leadership challenge, former Labour voters in a Birmingham constituency were last week feeling nervous about what could come next.A month ago, the group from Birmingham Yardley had very little good to say about the prime minister, comparing him to a rat or a donkey. They said they felt he had let them down. Continue rea...

This is the sentence that protects every abuser in Pakistan

Sana stood outside the gates of the police station with her young son, clutching her hand as she trembled from fear of what people would say if she went inside. The 26-year-old had been subjected to four years of physical, emotional and financial violence at home, and now her husband was threatening to leak their private videos. What held her back was not fear of her abuser but a sentence she had heard her whole life: Sharif larkiyaan thaney nahi jaati. Good girls don’t go to police stations. At...

Iran congratulates Karoline Leavitt on baby's birth with bombed school reference

Iran congratulates Karoline Leavitt on babys birth with bombed school reference

North Korea's 'Dead Hand'? Pyongyang will fire nukes if Kim Jong-un is killed

North Koreas Dead Hand Pyongyang will fire nukes if Kim Jongun is killed

Israel deports two foreign activists seized from Gaza flotilla

Israel deported on Sunday two foreign activists seized from a Gaza-bound flotilla, in what a rights group representing them described as a “punitive attack” on a civilian mission. Saif Abu Keshek, a Spanish national of Palestinian origin, and Brazilian Thiago Avila were among dozens of activists aboard a flotilla intercepted by the Israeli navy in international waters off the coast of Greece on April 30. The pair were seized by Israeli forces and brought to Israel for questioning, while the othe...

IDF strikes 40 targets in Lebanon, kills 10 Hezbollah militants over weekend

TEL AVIV, May 10. /TASS/. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) struck 40 military targets and eliminated 10 militants of the Shia group Hezbollah in Lebanon over the weekend, the military press service reported. "Over the weekend, in order to remove threats, IDF soldiers of the 91st Division struck more...

EU puts pressure on Slovak PM over his visit to Moscow — news portal

Euractiv noted that Brussels warned about a shortfall in Slovakia’s agricultural payments agency, which puts funding for local farmers at risk

Iran war day 72: Tehran yet to reply to US plan; Israel bombs Lebanon

Israel kills at least 24 people in Lebanon in one day as Tehran's response to US proposal to end the war is awaited.

'राज्य की तरक्की हो', थलपति विजय ने संभाली तमिलनाडु की कमान, कमल हासन ने दी बधाई

Pawan Kalyan, Kamal Haasan, celebs congratulate Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay

Pawan Kalyan Kamal Haasan celebs congratulate Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay

'जिस शाख पर बैठे हो वो टूट भी सकती है...' योगी कैबिनेट विस्तार के बीच बृजभूषण ने शेयर किया पोस्ट

MI5 feared Nazis were plotting to kill Royal Family members during final days of war

Newly declassified documents have revealed that Britain's security service issued a covert alert in December 1944 warning of a possible Nazi plot to kill members of the Royal Family or Prime Minister Winston Churchill.The intelligence assessment, prepared jointly by MI5 and the Air Ministry, raised fears that Germany could deploy elite airborne troops on English soil with assassination as their objective.This warning came just days after Adolf Hitler launched his unexpected military offensive th...

The battle to oust Starmer from No10: 81 MPs need to back ONE contender to trigger leadership vote... or the Cabinet stages a coup

The battle to oust Starmer from No10: 81 MPs need to back ONE contender to trigger leadership vote... or the Cabinet stages a coupBy JAMES TAPSFIELD, UK POLITICAL EDITOR Published: 08:59, 10 May 2026 | Updated: 08:59, 10 May 2026 e-mail View comments

Watch: Vijay caps his historic Tamil Nadu CM oath ceremony with selfie

Watch Vijay caps his historic Tamil Nadu CM oath ceremony with selfie

'Money’s all there': Stalin reacts to Vijay’s first speech as TN CM

Tamil Nadu's new Chief Minister Vijay claimed the previous government left a Rs 10 lakh crore debt and an empty treasury. However, former CM M.K. Stalin refuted this, stating the state's debt is within limits and urging Vijay not to start his tenure with such claims. Vijay vowed transparency and prioritizing public welfare.

Police chief demands 'naval blockade' in bid to stop small boat migrants surge from Belgium

A senior Belgian police official has demanded the installation of a naval blockade to intercept migrant vessels before they can reach British shores.Christiaan De Ridder, Deputy Chief of West Flanders Police, made the call following a surge in small boat departures from Belgian coastal towns near the French border."We have to stop them before they get to the UK. We have to find a way to stop them on the water," he told the BBC."If we could put up a naval barrier so they don't get into French wat...