Two wars and a revolution: What will 2024 look like on the global stage? January 3, 2024 Ukraine, Israel and Donald Trump; as we enter a new year, Dr John Hulsman tells us what major things to expect from global politics in 2024. As the English theologian Thomas Fuller put it, “It’s always darkest before the dawn”. After a highly unsatisfying 2023, we can only fervently hope that Fuller’s plaintive prayer is [...]
Boris Johnson makes statement on Qasem Soleimani – finally January 5, 2020 Boris Johnson has said the UK “will not lament” the death of general Qasem Soleimani, but urged the Iranian government to not retaliate with violence in a long awaited statement. Solemaini – who was leader of Iran’s special operations Quds Force – was killed on Friday by US drone strikes in Baghdad. Read more: Dominic Raab [...]
UK vaccine passport app could become ‘honeypot’ for hackers, says former top government cyber adviser March 31, 2021 A potential UK vaccine passport is in danger of becoming a “honeypot” for hackers, rogue states and cyber criminal organisations, according to one of the government’s former top cyber security advisers. Peter Yapp, ex-deputy director of GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), told City A.M. that a vaccine passport app could be an easy target [...]
Thousands injured as explosion rocks central Beirut August 4, 2020 A huge explosion has rocked the Lebanese capital Beirut leaving thousands injured and more than 50 dead. Videos circulating on social media showed the aftermath of an explosion from the Lebanese capital’s port area, with doors and windows blown out in buildings across the city. The port is near Mar Mikhael — a neighbourhood popular [...]
UK coronavirus cases hit 19 as Wales confirms first patient February 28, 2020 The first case of coronavirus has been confirmed in Wales as two further cases in England bring the UK’s total to 19. According to the chief medical officer for Wales, the patient had traveled back from northern Italy where the virus was contracted. The two new cases in England have been transferred to specialist NHS [...]
Trump hits out at Iran’s ‘bloody agenda’ in return to US patriotism September 25, 2018 US President Donald Trump upped his criticism of Iran in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly this afternoon, in which he accused its leadership of running a "corrupt dictatorship" with a "bloody agenda". He told the body that the Iranian leadership is sowing "chaos, death and destruction", adding that "they do not respect [...]
Qassem Soleimani’s death is the UK’s first test of post-Brexit foreign policy January 8, 2020 It would be safe to say that the last thing our new government expected at the start of 2020 — flush with enthusiasm for its domestic agenda — was a foreign policy crisis, much less so one sprung upon it by the reaction of the mercurial Trump administration. But in truth, the drone strike on [...]
US Vice President calls for EU to leave Iran nuclear deal and for countries to be vigilant to Huawei security threat February 16, 2019 US Vice President Mike Pence has urged European countries to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal and remain “vigilant” to the security threat posed by Huawei. European officials defied the US demands and said the continent stood united in commitment to the deal, which prevents Iran from working on its nuclear programme in return for [...]
Leaked document trove reveals banking giants enabled money laundering September 20, 2020 Some of the world’s biggest banks have been caught enabling trillions of dollars in money laundering to flourish under their watch, thousands of leaked government documents have revealed. The FinCEN Files, named after the US Treasury’s anti-fraud agency, have been shared by Buzzfeed News and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). They claim to [...]
FTSE 100 falls sharply as Soleimani death rocks stocks January 6, 2020 FTSE 100 stocks fell steeply on the opening of London’s market today as tensions between the US and Iran escalated further following the killing of a top Iranian general. London’s blue-chip index sank one per cent to 7,545.4 points in early trading after the US-sanctioned assassination of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani drove markets lower and [...]