London Bridge attack: Fishmonger’s Hall killer Usman Khan seen as ‘high risk’ on rehab scheme

Fishmongers’ Hall jihadist Usman Khan was known as ‘High Risk Khan’ to workers on a prisoner rehabilitation scheme and was said to have been involved in ‘violent incidents, bullying and serious disruption, including forced [religious] conversions’ inside jail, an inquest heard today. Jurors were told that there was intelligence the terrorist, 28, ‘might commit an … Read more

Taliban targets heavily fortified hotel hosting the Chinese ambassador in Quetta

Taliban targets heavily fortified hotel hosting the Chinese ambassador in Pakistani city of Quetta in suicide blast killing four and wounding 11 The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing on a Pakistani hotel in the city of Quetta  The blast targeted a car park beside the heavily-fortified hotel which is next to the … Read more

Cher meets the World’s Loneliest Elephant

Stunning images show Cher meeting the ‘World’s Loneliest Elephant’ Kavaan after she flew to Pakistan to secure his rescue in November last year.   The singer, 74, said she felt ‘swept up’ in a social media campaign to free the malnourished Asian elephant, who had spent nearly 20 years chained up in a zoo. Cher spearheaded … Read more

Cher meets the World’s Loneliest Elephant

Stunning images show Cher meeting the ‘World’s Loneliest Elephant’ Kavaan after she flew to Pakistan to secure his rescue in November last year. The singer, 74, said she felt ‘swept up’ in a social media campaign to free the malnourished Asian elephant, who had spent nearly 20 years chained up in a zoo. Cher spearheaded … Read more

David Cameron accused of ‘hypocrisy’ over role at firm based in Bermuda

David Cameron is facing yet more scrutiny over his role at a software firm based in ‘offshore tax haven’, Bermuda.   The former Prime Minister has been accused of ‘deep hypocrisy’ by critics for chairing the advisory board at a firm called Afiniti.  The software business, which provides technology for call centres in Pakistan, boasts names … Read more

The winning images in the prestigious ‘Capture the Extreme’ photography competition revealed

These photos are enough to give you the chills.  They are the winning images in a prestigious photography competition called Capture the Extreme, which celebrates the cultures, wildlife and beauty of the planet at its coldest reaches.  Now in its second year, the contest, run by luxury outerwear brand Shackleton in collaboration with Leica Camera AG, … Read more

Passengers film chaotic scenes in Islamabad Airport as hundreds race to reach UK

This was the chaotic scene in Pakistan last night as thousands of travellers raced home to the UK to beat today’s hotel quarantine deadline as cases spiked in the country. Airline staff were forced to stand on check-in desks and urge people to form in orderly lines with one person in the scrum as ‘the worst experience … Read more

Pakistan is added to travel ban ‘red list’ as thousands race to get home to UK

Airlines lay on extra flights as thousands race to get home from Pakistan after the country gets added to travel ban ‘red list’ All arrivals landing in UK from Pakistan after 4am today will have to pay £1,750 for 11 nights of quarantine in Government-approved hotel With Pakistan likely to remain on red list for … Read more

Pakistan PM Imran Khan blames how women dress for rise in rape cases

WIFE NUMBER ONE: JEMIMA GOLDSMITH Jemima Goldsmith, who has now returned to her maiden name, is the eldest child of Lady Annabel Goldsmith and Sir James Goldsmith. Jemima was just 21 years old when she met the 42-year-old Imran Khan, and the couple married in 1995 – first in an Islamic ceremony in Paris and then … Read more

Pakistan PM Imran Khan blames how women dress for rise in rape cases

WIFE NUMBER ONE: JEMIMA GOLDSMITH Jemima Goldsmith, who has now returned to her maiden name, is the eldest child of Lady Annabel Goldsmith and Sir James Goldsmith. Jemima was just 21 years old when she met the 42-year-old Imran Khan, and the couple married in 1995 – first in an Islamic ceremony in Paris and then … Read more