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Jagtar Singh Johal, from Scotland, flew to Indian for his wedding in 2017 when he was arrested and thrown in jail over claims he was part of a political murder plot

A young woman who left home for a job interview in Turkey never returned home and her last moments were caught on CCTV, where she was seen getting into a white van

Former Lord Chief Justice Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd today said the Government would set a 'bad example' if it introduces changes to the controversial Illegal Migration Bill

A number of LIV Golf's critics have labelled the league a cog in the sportswashing machine of Saudi Arabia, but American star Bryson DeChambeau has hit back at the claims

Campaigners are calling on the PM to meet with victims after a report found the compensation scheme was “designed to fail those who were supposed to benefit”

British Muslims "feel left behind and don't know where to turn for help," according to research published in a report by University College London

Dr Krish Kandiah of the Sanctuary Foundation last week visited the country on a “fact-finding mission”, and said: "All these factors have been decades in the making. They need serious time and investment into undoing. But there are solutions."

Mahvash Sabet Shahriari was brutally battered during interrogation after being sentenced to 10 years in Tehran's notorious Evin jail - which also housed freed Brit Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe - for anti-government protests

Benjamin Ferencz was just 27 when he became chief prosecutor for the US, bringing to justice members of the Einsatzgruppen - the Nazi death squads who murdered indiscriminately

Rachael Bletchly says refusal to attend sentencing should become a contempt of court offence and the government should set a hefty maximum sentence to be served on top of the one criminals are given

Members of the Hongana Manyawa tribe on Halmahera Island in Indonesia face extinction as a project to mine for an electric car battery component tears down part of the forest

The real-life crucifixions in the farming village of San Pedro Cutud in Pampanga province north of Manila resumed after a three-year pause due to the coronavirus pandemic

Since the brutal killing of Mahsa Amini by the nation's 'morality police' Iran has been rocked by unrest including a spate of suspected poisonings targeting girl's schools

New rules mean people in England must show identification for the first time to vote in May’s local elections, but the Tories have been accused of rigging the rules

The recommendation comes from crossbench peer Baroness Kishwer Falkner, who chairs the Equality and Human Rights Commission and was asked to carry out a review

As Olivia Pratt-Korbel's courageous mum Cheryl explained on Monday, their life sentence began the day he murdered the nine-year-old, and will never end

In a week where the Premier League refused to say if Newcastle's owners are being investigated, there were more warnings against Manchester United's potential takeover from a Qatari group

Many of those present break their Ramadan fast with sweet dates - this is a New Year in exile for refugees from many different communities including Syria, Afghanistan, Hong Kong and Ukraine

Manchester United are in the midst of a club sale as the Premier League has decided to crackdown on club owners and directors with a new ban

Saudi Arabian national Abdullah al-Howaiti, who is now 20, was 14-years-old when he was arrested in connection to a £165,000 jewelery shop raid - but CCTV footage showed him playing football at the time of the heist

A group called Ukrainian Cyber Resistance name 41-year-old Colonel Sergei Atroshchenko as responsible for the bombing of Mariupol theatre in which up to 700 died

The Mercedes driver has slammed the FIA over a rule change which aims to ban protests and political statements by competitors during race weekends

Russian politician Elvira Vikhareva became ill in November last year with muscle spasms and severe stomach pains - it has since emerged that she had been poisoned after criticising the Kremlin

Labour's governing body - the National Executive Committee (NEC) - signed off a motion proposed by Keir Starmer not to endorse the former leader at the next Westminster ballot.

It comes as Rishi Sunak fights off rebels from his own party on his controversial Illegal Immigration Bill. MPs debated the details of the bill, which seeks to introduce powers to remove people who have entered the UK illegally