Bangladesh sentences British MP, Sheikh Hasina’s niece, to prison

Release of convicted cocaine trafficker Juan Orlando Hernández is latest US interference in election and comes despite Trump’s apparent ‘war on drugs’ Analysis: Trump’s pardon of Honduras’s ex-president shows counter-drug effort is ‘based on lies and hypocrisy’ A former president of Honduras who was convicted of drug trafficking has walked free from a US prison after receiving a pardon from Donald Trump, as the country’s presidential election remained on a knife edge with the US-backed candidate leading by 515 votes. Juan Orlando Hernández, who was sentenced to 45 years in prison for allegedly creating “a cocaine superhighway to the…

Moscow is demanding Kyiv accept its ‘annexation’ of areas it occupies. After the latest round of talks between envoys of Putin and Trump ended without progress, we look at the territory Russia is seeking to absorb Sources: Center for Strategic and International Studies, Institute for the Study of War, Yale Humanitarian Research Lab Ukraine Conflict Observatory, OpenStreetMap. Picture credits: Invasion trucks – Gettty; Sevastopol – Reuters; Yalta – Dennis Cox / Alamy; Donetsk steelworks – Alexander Ermochenko / Reuters. Continue reading… Source link India Tata Trusts chairman Noel… Wanted in Dubai, traced to… Parliament Winter session Day 5… Loudspeakers…

More than 200 homes evacuated, with police saying officers acted on intelligence about materials More than 200 homes have been evacuated and a major incident has been declared in Derby as police arrested two people on suspicion of explosives offences. An evacuation zone was put in place as officers carried out a warrant at an address in Vulcan Street after receiving intelligence about materials, Derbyshire police said. Continue reading… Source link India Tata Trusts chairman Noel… Wanted in Dubai, traced to… Parliament Winter session Day 5… Loudspeakers Are Not Essential To… Stock Market The Number Your Savings Must Beat……