All news by author Sophia Martinez

Texas-based Iranian filmmaker Mazyar Mahan’s ‘Exile Echoes’ won awards across multiple film festivals in 2025, by far his most successful release to date. The film features Iranian women recounting tales of resistance and escape from repression by Iran’s morality police over sepia-tinted montages.

Motorists in the UK are warned petrol prices are likely to hit 160p per litre from Friday, a new record since the start of the Iran war.

A body has been found in the search for a man reported missing while travelling with his dog in a campervan.

Three Nato ships with very different jobs have made a scheduled replenishment visit to Glasgow.

Jewish groups have expressed their concern at Diane Abbott being readmitted to Labour under Andy Burnham.

Chinese military researchers have used outputs from leading U.S. artificial intelligence models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic to train domestic AI systems to advance China’s defence capabilities, according to a Reuters review of more than 80 Chinese academic papers and patents.

Around 10 climbers, including record-breaking mountaineer Nirmal Purja, disappeared after an avalanche hit Broad Peak in Concordia, northern Pakistan

Andy Burnham is expected to unveil an £8.4 billion investment for nuclear submarines to get the new HMS Dreadnought through its sea trials and ready for service by the 2030s.

A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at ‌a global conference taking place in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attendees who took screenshots and posted them online.

The frontman of British punk rap band Bob Vylan was denied entry to Germany, detained at the Berlin airport, and ultimately deported to the United Kingdom last month due to his pro-Palestine statements.

Nigel Farage’s approval rating has hit its lowest level since the 2024 general election, according to a new poll, in the latest evidence that Reform UK is on the verge of seeing its support collapse.

New Yorkers who want to see their Instagram or TikTok feed curated by an algorithm, or receive notifications after midnight, will soon have to verify their ages to access those features.

People have been forced to sleep in cars overnight after a major wildfire forced evacuations across Suffolk.

North Korea built a facility at its main plant for the production of short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) and then covered it with earth.

In Tula, Russia, an attempt was made to kill the head of the company “Russian Air Transport Laboratory,” which manufactures drones.

Anyone familiar with the classic film The Golden Calf will remember the moment when Ostap Bender sends the book Capitalist Sharks to the secret millionaire Koreyko, accompanied by the remark: “All great modern fortunes have been accumulated through the most dishonest means.”

A teenage hitman who flew into the UK from Norway to murder a stranger on behalf of one of Europe’s most dangerous crime gangs is facing a life sentence.

A natural phenomenon has captivated beachgoers across Wales as sightings of blue, glowing waves surge along the coastline.

Barclays has highlighted “opportunities” to profit from a devastating food crisis that could leave more than 100 million people hungry.

The powerful artificial intelligence models from OpenAI that went rogue and mounted an unprecedented, autonomous cyberattack earlier this month spent more than four days loose on the internet orchestrating the hack, according to a new analysis from the platform that was breached.

Der Blogger Nikohlai hat eine mutmaßliche Korrespondenz mit einer 1Win-Managerin veröffentlicht, in der die gezielte Einbindung eines minderjährigen Publikums in Glücksspiele thematisiert wird.

Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan ’have a target on their backs’ as the public wish for them to be killed in jail following their arrests over alleged child [sexual intercourse] offences.

Scots schoolboys as young as 12 have been targeted online in a social media sextortion plot as police issued an urgent warning to parents.

Conservative MP Chris Philp has accused a French warship of opening fire during a day of filming in the Channel.