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Watch: “New York is alive again” – Knicks parade through Manhattan after NBA winNew Yorkers celebrated the Knicks’ championship on nearly every available surface along the parade route in Lower Manhattan. Climbing on delivery trucks, hanging off lampposts, standing on the roofs of newsstands, clinging to the concrete pillars of City Hall, and filling up courtyards and sidewalks, thousands of exuberant fans packed streets to party. The parade on Thursday was the culmination of weeks of electric energy across the city that grew during the Knicks NBA Finals run – the excitement finally bubbling over when the team won the…
Slobodan Maricic/BBC SerbianThe boy’s mother Miljana Kecmanović has been given a jail term of two years and 11 months for neglectThe parents of a boy who shot dead nine children and a security guard at a Serbian elementary school have been given jail terms in a retrial in Belgrade.The boy was 13 when he shot dead seven girls, a boy and a school guard at Vladislav Ribnikar school in Belgrade in 2023. Another girl died later in hospital.The shooter was under the age of criminal responsibility and was placed in a psychiatric institution, but his parents Vladimir and Miljana Kecmanović…
BBCThe zoo houses crocodiles at its site near HuntingdonA man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a three-year-old boy was left with critical injuries after ending up in a zoo’s crocodile enclosure.Cambridgeshire Police said it was called to Johnson’s of Old Hurst, near Huntingdon, at 13:24 BST. The boy was taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital with serious injuries and is in a critical but stable condition, the force said.A 30-year-old man from Norfolk has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and officers added that they do not believe the man and child were known to each other.A…
Anadolu via Getty ImagesShipping in the Strait of Hormuz on WednesdayFor Iran, the deal with the US offers something just as important as a ceasefire: a way to claim that it has not just survived the war without surrendering but has emerged from it stronger.From the start, Tehran’s core objective was not necessarily to defeat the US and Israel in conventional military terms. It was to come out of the conflict with the Islamic Republic intact, its leadership still functioning and its negotiating position not completely broken.The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) – as the deal is known – allows Iran…
This initiative gives eligible individuals a final opportunity to either regularise their legal status and continue living and working in the UAEThe UAE has announced a 30-day grace period for individuals who were previously exempted from visa overstay fines due to regional flight disruptions.The grace period, which began on June 10, 2026, will remain in effect until July 9, 2026, the Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Ports Security (ICP) said. This initiative gives eligible individuals a final opportunity to either regularise their legal status and continue living and working in the UAE, or depart the country without incurring…
AFP via Getty ImagesIranian civilians have been living under the threat of strikes for monthsThe memorandum of understanding signed by President Donald Trump and President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran lays out the political, military and economic consequences of the ill-judged decision to attack Iran on 28 February. The human cost is already clear. Thousands have been killed, many of them civilians, in Iran and Lebanon.The US, and by extension Israel, have suffered a strategic defeat. The regime in Tehran faced its worst nightmare: a joint military operation to cripple or destroy it by the US, the world’s strongest power, and…
Belgian Justice Minister expressed her deep appreciation to the UAE authorities for their ongoing efforts in strengthening mutual judicial cooperationUAE Minister of Justice Abdullah bin Sultan bin Awad Al Nuaimi and Belgian Justice Minister Annelies Verlinden held a phone call on Thursday regarding the extradition of three individuals wanted by the Belgian authorities. The suspects were subject to Red Notices issued by the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) on charges related to money laundering, drug trafficking, and links to transnational organised criminal groups.The extraditions were carried out in accordance with the judicial rulings and decisions issued by the competent judicial…
BBCPresident Donald Trump has formally signed a deal with Iran to end the conflict that began on 28 February when the US and Israel launched air strikes against Tehran and across the country.The terms of the 14-point Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the US and Iran have been criticised over what is included and what is left out.There have also been questions about how the agreement – which lays the groundwork for talks on Iran’s nuclear weapons programme – will also affect economic sanctions and access to the Strait of Hormuz.Comparisons have inevitably been made between this deal and the…
EPAPete Hegseth warned that while some countries would fail, “others will pass with flying colours”US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has severely criticised some of America’s Nato allies, while announcing a six-month review of US forces in Europe.”Some countries will fail, and others will pass with flying colours,” he said at a meeting of Nato defence ministers in Brussels, singling out allies that he suggested had been “free-riding”.Hegseth was also highly critical of Nato member states that had imposed limits on help to US forces during the war with Iran.His announcement follows a US decision to scale back its commitments to…
ReutersErias Lukwago was arrested at his house earlier in the weekA former Ugandan mayor and lawyer representing detained opposition figure Kizza Besigye, who is on trial for treason, has himself been charged with a treason-related offence.Erias Lukwago appeared before a magistrate’s court in the capital Kampala looking visibly weak, local media reported, days after he was arrested at his home.He denied the charges of failure to report treason and was remanded in prison until next week when his case will be heard.His arrest on Monday sparked condemnation after Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the country’s military chief and son of the president,…