Britain has halted aid to rebel-held parts of Syria over concern extremists are profiting from shipments through a “terror tax”. The UK decided to suspend deliveries to the Syrian opposition stronghold of Idlib last week following reports an Islamist group was benefiting from levies they were imposing on trucks at the Turkish border. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS),…
The interview with actress Drew Barrymore published in EgyptAir’s inflight magazine was strange from its opening lines. After detailing how the 43-year-old had been divorced several times and was “unstable in her relationships most of her life”, the article speculated that her “behavior is only natural since she lacked the male role model in her…
Super Seducer, a game where you use multiple choice methods to win dates with women, has had its PlayStation release pulled. The game presents players with live-action clips starring British creator and Russell Brand knock-off Richard La Ruina. In each scenario there are right answers and wrong answers to pick and watch play out. For…
Japan’s coast guard has launched a search mission to find an island off its northernmost coast that has unexpectedly vanished – taking Tokyo’s territorial claims with it. The strategically significant island is assumed to have disappeared under the chilly waters of the Sea of Okhotsk between the northern tip of Japan’s Hokkaido region and Russia, having been eroded by winds and snow….
UPDATE 5.30PM: Microsoft has now told Eurogamer that the game has been removed. ORIGINAL STORY 3.30PM: Microsoft has said it will remove a game based on disgraced YouTuber Logan Paul’s recent video filmed in Japan. Paul sparked global headlines and received widespread condemnation earlier this month for his video featuring the partially-censored body of a…
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India’s highest court has said that it cannot force the entire country to become vegetarian, after activist groups filed a case demanding a ban on meat exports. The comments came as India marked the nine-day Hindu festival of Navratri, during which stoic followers stop eating meat, fish, eggs, and even onions and garlic as a…
Gigi Hadid has hit back at a paparazzi after a photographer allegedly tried to sue her for posting an image they took on Instagram. The 23-year-old supermodel posted a photograph of herself standing outside an event, and was contacted by her management, who informed her she was being “legally pursued” for using the image without…
At least 11 people including a nun have died, one person is missing and five have been seriously injured in flash foods in southwestern France in an area popular with British tourists and expatriates. The Aude department, home to the medieval fort city of Carcassonne, sustained seven months of its average rainfall in one night in…
The fiancée of Jamal Khashoggi, the murdered Saudi journalist, said she was disappointed by Donald Trump’s response to the killing in Istanbul and urged him not to join in a “cover-up” of the crime. Speaking at a memorial service in London, Hatice Cengiz said she held the Saudi government responsible for Mr Khashoggi’s killing and…