Iranian regime targets Kurdish city in crackdown on protests

Iran has deployed troops to a Kurdish-majority city in an attempt to regain control of the town that was taken over by protesters in recent days. “The regime is actively terrorizing innocent Iranians in the Kurdish city of Mahabad and has also turned off their power and internet,” Lisa Daftari, the editor in chief of […]

Budget for 40 new NHS hospitals faces real-terms cut of ?700m, say Lib Dems

Read More Plans by the government to construct and renovate 40 hospitals in England could be delayed because of new analysis suggesting the health and social care department’s capital spending budget faces a real-terms cut of ?700m next year, according to the Liberal Democrats. With some hospitals said to be in dire need of repair, […]

Hosts Qatar off to losing start after Enner Valencia double for Ecuador

Read More For Qatar, this was a letdown 12 years in the making. The host nation has spent that time building the infrastructure of a World Cup shrouded in controversy and replete with a bitter taste that, whatever the next four weeks bring, is unlikely ever to be washed away. But when they kicked this […]

Train cancellations in Great Britain hit highest level on record

Read More Rail cancellations have reached their highest level on record with more than 314,000 trains fully or partly cancelled across Great Britain in a year, a Guardian analysis reveals. Figures from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) show that the proportion of cancelled services has more than doubled since 2015, rising to one […]

2022 on Record Pace With 601 Mass Shootings to Date

After a week of a pair of mass shootings – an LGBTQ club in Colorado and the University of Virginia – the U.S. total has gone over 600 for the year at a record-setting pace, according to Gun Violence Archive data.