The family of Asia Bibi are being pursued by vigilantes in Pakistan as they await her release from custody on blasphemy charges, a church charity said today. Hardline Islamists have been knocking on doors in the neighbourhood where her husband and daughters live, raising fears that they could be killed before she has a chance…
A mere two weeks after its release, Injustice 2’s feature-packed Legendary Edition is down to its cheapest price yet. And yes, this version has the one and only Hellboy in it. Which is great. The most complete version of the game comes with every bit of DLC to date, including characters like Hellboy, Sub-Zero, Atom,…
Britain needs to adopt a Cold War mindset to deal with the threats posed by rogue states like Russia and Iran post-Brexit, according to the former head of the Armed Forces. And he has backed a proposal by a leading think tank to create a special unit based at the Ministry of Defence which is…
Nintendo has just wrapped up its Nindies Showcase Spring 2018 broadcast, which was headlined by the the reveal of Mark of the Ninja Remastered. Originally launched in 2012 for Xbox 360, the side-scrolling stealth game became a cult classic. Its Switch re-release is slated for the autumn. Other noteworthy announcements include Lumines Remastered and West…
A rift was growing between Britain and key allies yesterday as European diplomats pushed back on calls for a firmer response to Russia’s weekend naval clash with Ukraine. The fracture in the Western alliance sets the stage for tense exchanges when European, US, and Russian leaders meet at a G20 summit in Argentina later this week. Britain,…
The plight of Matthew Hedges, the British academic currently imprisoned in the United Arab Emirates jail, echoes my own horrific experience of the country’s judicial process. My ordeal began in April 2013 with a phone call instructing me to report to a local police station to address a “small problem”. Over the next nine months I met…
Home-renting company Airbnb Inc said on Monday that it would remove listings in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, enclaves that most world powers consider illegal for taking up land where Palestinians seek statehood. "We concluded that we should remove listings in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank that are at the core of the…
Blizzard’s 16-year-old real-time strategy game Warcraft 3 is now widescreen. A big new update, which has been available in test form since February, is now live to all, and it adds widescreen support to the influential fantasy RTS. To prevent stretching, Blizzard added bookends to the in-game interface and black pillars to the menus. The…
The grim task of recovering and identifying the victims of California’s apocalyptic wildfires continued on Sunday as officials raised the death toll to 31 with more than 200 people unaccounted for. With strong "devil winds" expected to continue throughout Monday, firefighters have been unable to contain the ferocious "Camp Fire" in Butte County, in the…
A mother and her 10-month-old daughter have been killed by a grizzly bear in Canada’s Yukon territory, a coroner said. The bodies of Valerie Theoret, 37, and 10-month-old Adele were found by the child’s father Gjermund Roesholt at the family’s remote cabin around 3pm on Monday. Coroner Heather Jones said Ms Theoret and Adele appeared…