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Search crews have recovered the wreckage of a plane that disappeared off the coast of Pakistan after losing contact with air traffic control during a flight from the United Arab Emirates.

A victim of the Rochdale grooming gang has been given extra police protection after the release of the gang’s leader Shabir Ahmed.

Shabir Ahmed, 73, who has been stripped of his British citizenship leaving him with only Pakistani nationality, cannot be deported due to a 1971 law that forbids the removal of a small group of Commonwealth citizens who arrived in the UK more than 50 years ago.

The ringleader of the Rochdale grooming gang – who has served 14 years in jail for multiple rapes and sexually abuse against young girls – has been released from prison as a row over his deportation deepens.

A grooming gang ringleader convicted of 30 child rapes reportedly can’t be deported from the UK despite having his citizenship removed.

The spy bought thousands of AK-47s, missiles and explosives only to face ’the ultimate betrayal’. “WE KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING. DEAD MAN!!!” read the message on Blerim Skoro’s phone. He knew he was in mortal danger.

A 20-year-old man in the UK who was under the scanner of security agencies after a trip to Pakistan has been convicted of sharing and possessing Islamist terrorist material.

Sir Keir Starmer welcomed the US-Iran peace deal as a “hugely important step forward in ending the war” as he stressed that the Strait of Hormuz must remain “fully and permanently open”.

Haji Najibullah appeared unbothered as he walked into Manhattan federal court earlier this week to learn whether he would face life behind bars for his role in brutal violence during his time as a Taliban commander – including the 2008 kidnapping of US journalist David Rohde.

In a cluster of villages in Pakistan’s largely rural Chakwal district, more than 100 Shi’ite Muslims have returned from the United Arab Emirates without jobs, luggage, or access to the savings they spent years building abroad.

Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, said he strongly condemned the "heinous bomb explosion" and sent his condolences to the victims’ families.

Iran’s Supreme Leader has issued a directive that the country’s near-weapons-grade uranium should not be sent abroad.

FIFA’s official World Cup footballs costing up to £130 are being made by workers earning as little as £26 a week.

NATO is at risk of ‘disintegrating’ after Donald Trump withdraws 5,000 troops from Germany following disputes over the Iran war.

Donald Trump said he has instructed US envoys not to go to Pakistan for further talks with Iran, shortly after Tehran’s top diplomat left Islamabad late on Saturday.

Lawrence Bishnoi has been in high-security custody for more than a decade. During that time, he has been linked to multiple high-profile killings.

Keir Starmer has "urged both sides to find a way through" after US-Iran peace talks broke down this morning.

Donald Trump has said the Strait of Hormuz will reopen with or without Iran’s cooperation as US and regime delegates arrive in Pakistan for negotiations.

Three MPs ’promoted’ a luxury Dubai property development despite the tycoons behind it being banned from the UK following an investigation into bribery and corruption.

Keir Starmer will travel to the Middle East on Wednesday to meet with Gulf leaders and discuss diplomatic efforts to support a two-week ceasefire.

A Pakistani court sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to lengthy prison terms over the discounted purchase of luxury state gifts, deepening the jailed ex-leader’s legal troubles as his party denounces the case as politically motivated.

A Pakistani court on Saturday sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, to 17 years in prison each in a corruption case involving the discounted purchase of luxury state gifts, court officials and Khan’s lawyers said.

In a move that has sparked outrage among aspiring students, several British universities have halted or restricted admissions from Pakistan and Bangladesh, citing rising visa misuse and mounting pressure from the UK Home Office to curb fraudulent applications.