Jonathan Ditchburn

Argentina has belatedly designated Hezbollah the Iranian backed Lebanese Islamist movement as a terrorist organisation, 25 years after the Amia Jewish cultural centre in Buenos Aires was bombed with the loss of 85 […]

Volodymyr Zelensky hopes to have a greater mandate for reform and sweep away the old guard of MPs.
BBC News – Europe

Philip Hammond tells the BBC he plans to resign when Theresa May leaves office next week.
BBC News – UK

On 20 July 1969, Apollo 11 landed – and hours later Neil Armstrong took his historic first steps.
BBC News – US & Canada

Cyril Ramaphosa seeks a judicial review of a report that accuses him of misleading parliament.
BBC News – Africa

There have been huge question marks over the costs and benefits of the proposed high-speed rail link, which is supposed to link the North and the South (well if you class Birmingham as the North anyway), and now […]

Iran airs footage which it says refutes US claims to have destroyed an Iranian drone in the Gulf.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro whose environmental policies are widely criticised has now cam out and accused his own country’s national space institute of lying about the scale of deforestation in the […]

The search for two missing Teenage girls Mirella Gregori & Emanuela Orlandi who disappeared within 40 days of each other back in 1983 continues to this day, and in the latest attempts, the Vatican has begun […]

The foreign secretary says Iran may be engaging in “illegal and destabilising behaviour” in the Gulf.
BBC News – UK

More than 200 million people may be affected, and temperatures could reach 100F (38C) in some areas.
BBC News – US & Canada

Africa Cup of Nations Final Algeria 1-0 Senegal In Cairo

Algeria rode their luck to win the Africa Cup of Nations for the second time beating Senegal 1-0. The winning goal came from a deflected shot in the […]

The charge will wipe out profits, but Boeing says it hopes the aircraft will resume flying this year.
BBC News – Business

Donald Trump says a ship “took defensive action” after being approached in the Strait of Hormuz.
BBC News – Middle East

On the 40th anniversary of the Sandinista revolution, some Nicaraguans say there is no reason to celebrate.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Six months after nearly 300 people died, new evidence emerges suggesting it could have been prevented.
BBC News – Europe

Some of those hurt have serious injuries following the crash which reportedly happened at a cruise event.
BBC News – UK

President Trump has finally decided to disavow – well as close to disavowing as we are likely to get from him, the conduct of his supporters towards Somali-born Congress Woman Ilhan Omar. The incident occurred at […]

They killed two Scandinavian women, who were found beheaded in the Atlas mountains in December.
BBC News – Africa

The Iranian Government have been quick to redact any indication that they would be prepared to curb their ballistic missile research or arsenal as part of any removal of sanctions. The issue arose when Iran’s […]