Court hears of torture and assault allegations as Ballymurphy Inquest continues

ALLEGATIONS of serious assaults and torture were heard in court today, as military witnesses gave evidence at the Ballymurphy Inquest into the deat

Guven’s sister tells Erdogan that ‘she has never submitted’

KURDISH parliamentarian Leyla Guven’s sister praised her as “a courageous woman” today, as the MP entered the 197th day of her hunger strike in pro

More Palestinians held in jail without trial, report says

INCREASED numbers of Palestinian prisoners are being held in detention without trial as “political hostages,” the Centre for Palestine Studies said

Summons for Le Monde reporter amid scandal

FRENCH unions and campaign groups warned of a worrying clampdown on free speech today, after Le Monde reporter Ariane Chemin became the fifth journ

First Guatemalan film shown at Cannes wins award

GUATEMALAN film Nuestras Madres (Our Mothers) has become the country’s first film to win an International Critics’ Week award at the prestigious Ca

Breaking Britain loses landmark UN vote on Chagos Islands

THE UN General Assembly has voted by an overwhelming majority in favour of a implementing a court ruling that says Britain's occupation of the Chag

Britain must end colonisation of Mauritius, PM tells UN

BRITAIN must complete its decolonisation of Mauritius, the country’s leader told the UN general assembly in a debate on the Chagos Islands.

Kurdistan Workers Party leader meets lawyers as hopes raised for peace process

LAWYERS were able to visit Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan today raising hopes of the restart of peace talks between Turkey’s

LIVE UPDATES: UN to vote on the ICJ's opinion on Chagos Islands

Ballymurphy Massacre Inquest Victims' families protest Charles Windsor's visit to the north of Ireland

BALLYMURPHY families protested against the “insensitive” visit of Prince Charles to the north of Ireland today while an inquest into the killing of