As my regular readers will know – are there any of you out there? – my father died late last year. I wrote about it here briefly, reflecting on his absence. That was in the very early days after his death, and I was still adjusting to the new normal. ...
After five long months, my friend, fellow broadcaster and activist, Hisham Al-Omeisy was finally released by his Houthi captors on Sunday 14 January 2018. Nothing can explain the emotion this image of Hisham, now a free man, with his sons evokes in those of us who have campaigned for his freedom ...
In the first two of a series of trials over the next few weeks, nine out of ten activists were found guilty of Obstruction of a Highway today (12 January 2018) at Stratford Magistrates Court. Over 100 people were arrested in September 2017 outside the Excel Centre in east London, ...
Trials start tomorrow for activists arrested for protesting against DSEI arms fair last September in London’s Docklands. DSEI (Defence & Security Equipment International) is one of the world's largest arms fair, bringing together arms buyers and sellers to network and make deals. Critics point out that the taxpayer sponsors entertainment ...
In a moment resembling a scene from the Christmas classic Love Actually the World last night sent a strong message to US President Donald Trump that "we will not be bullied". More than 120 countries defied Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, voting it as "null and void". The ...
Jeremy Corbyn’s speech to the United Nations officials at Geneva’s Palais de Nations on Friday is well worth a watch. Whatever you think of the Labour leader’s politics, the speech as he received a peace award for his work over many years was thought-provoking on topics from growing inequality and ...
Britain First's deluded leader reckons Trump retweeting anti-Muslim videos is because the US President is championing the far right group. Leader Paul Golding said Donald Trump was making a strong statement of support by retweeting three videos posted by the far-right group's deputy Jayda Fransen. Golding, 35, also reckons that ...
In any other situation a Twitter feud between two men trading insults about being "old" or "short and fat" would take pride of place in the basin of social media banality, but when the two people concerned are sitting on a nuclear arsenal and a combined army of over a million ...
The power struggle between Iran and Saudi Arabia is causing a major human catastrophe in the Middle East after reports emerged that hundreds of Yemenis "will die within the next week" unless Saudi Arabia lifts its blockade and allows urgently needed medical supplies into the country. Yemen has become the "burden ...