International

A 6.7 magnitude earthquake occurred at approximately 5am on the morning of 3rd January. The epicentre was near Imphal, the capital of that Manipur state of India, just to the east of Bangladesh – about 200 miles from Dhaka. The ...

A 29 year old man drove a red Peugeot 307 at a mosque in Valence, France, on New Year’s day: no one yet knows why. Initially it seemed like a terror attack. The French army has been on guard outside ...

The stowaway rat – was it a tourist? going to visit friends in the UK? an aspiring illegal immigrant? a refugee? an economic migrant? lost? – allegedly spotted on the Air India flight on 30th December is not the airline’s ...

Emdad Rahman A team from the UK-based charity Human Relief Foundation (HRF) has returned from visiting various locations in Jordan to distribute aid to the most vulnerable refugees. Volunteers handed out school stationery kits to young children in Madaba, distributed over ...

East London newspaper London Bangla has reported that journalists are facing a severe crackdown by the state in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The report states: “Police reports confirm that local journalist Mushfiqur Rahman Tuhin (38) of Kutubpur village at ...

Palestinian delegation to tour Tower Hamlets From 6th to 16th October, the Tower Hamlets Jenin Friendship Association (THJFA) was hoping to host three delegates from the Palestinian Authority on an information and cultural exchange to the borough. THJFA has been ...

Many travellers are grateful to the Foreign Office for providing intelligence on conditions overseas. However, the Independent newspaper has spotted an instance of the Foreign Office rather over-estimating the reach of Britain’s far right extremists. On 15th January, there was ...

G4S provides security systems for major Israeli prisons and detention centres, which hold Palestinian political prisoners from occupied Palestinian territory inside Israel. Human rights organisations have documented systematic torture and ill treatment of Palestinian prisoners, including child prisoners, detained within ...

A sponsored two kilometre walk around Valentines Park in Ilford saw many children come together and raise thousands of pounds to help the children of Gaza. The event, named “Walk in the Park: for children, by children”, was organised by ...

A portrait of Tower Hamlets campaigner Len Aldis is among a series of 30 put on display at the headquarters of the