Local man Matthew Mulhern is currently running from John O’Groats to Lands End in 30 days. He is half way at the moment, having run on average 30 miles a day for 15 days straight.
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MOSCOW, April 20 (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Monday that it was encouraged by Bulgarian politician Rumen Radev’s desire to resolve issues with Russia via pragmatic talks after he won a landslide election victory on Sunday. Official results showed that Radev’s Progressive Bulgaria party had won convincingly, sidelining long-dominant political forces and potentially pushing

THE PAST couple of days in the Middle East have been characterised by the now-familiar whiplash. On April 17th Donald Trump announced the Strait of Hormuz had opened to traffic. Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, confirmed as much. The same day outlets linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) criticised Mr Araghchi for failing
The Jerusalem District Court has reportedly postponed the scheduled testimony of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after his office requested cancellation, citing “security-diplomatic reasons”. Over a week ago, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu had asked to postpone his testimony in his long-running corruption trial. (Reuters) Jerusalem District Court Judges Rivka Friedman-Feldman, Moshe Bar-Am, and Oded Shaham

LAGOS, April 20 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s broadcast regulator has barred radio and television presenters from airing personal opinions, intimidating guests or broadcasting divisive political content, warning of sanctions ahead of the 2027 general elections. Africa’s largest democracy goes to the polls in January following past election cycles marred by misinformation and sporadic violence. In a

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—A gold-hued skyscraper is rising above the traffic-clogged streets of the capital city on the Mekong River. The skyscraper is being built by a company under sanctions by the U.S. Treasury Department for its alleged connection to one of hundreds of scam operations that have cropped up across Cambodia The building is already

Iran has, for decades, issued threats of closing the Strait of Hormuz over conflicts with countries in the Middle East and sanctions like those imposed by the US. The long history of tensions dates back to Iran’s 1980-88 war with Iraq. Ebrahim Azizi, who chairs the Iranian Parliament’s national security and foreign policy committee, said

DUBAI, April 20 (Reuters) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Monday that every rational and diplomatic path should be used to reduce tensions with the U.S., but added that vigilance and distrust in interactions with Washington were an “undeniable necessity”, according to the state news agency IRNA. A two-week ceasefire between Iran and the

The United States is pursuing a strategy designed to push Iran towards “capitulation,” former US national security official Robert Harward has said, pointing to a coordinated military and economic campaign he claims is already straining Tehran. Donald Trump has a plan that will force Iran to capitulate, the military official said. (AI-generated image) Harward told

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States and the Philippines kicked off one of their largest combat exercises Monday in an annual display of allied military might aimed at deterring aggression in Asia, despite Washington’s preoccupation with the war in the Middle East. The large-scale combat drills between the U.S. and Philippines will expand this

Toronto: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has warned that his country’s “former strengths” based on close ties to the United States have become its “weaknesses” and must be corrected. Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney attends the Question Period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, April 15, 2026. (AP) Carney made this statement in a nearly 10-minute-long
Last Updated:April 20, 2026, 10:35 IST Hamas signals readiness to surrender thousands of police weapons in Gaza to a new Trump led peace body, stopping short of full disarmament demanded by Israel. Hamas Says It Can Transfer Thousands of Arms to Gaza Administration. (AFP) Six months after the ceasefire with Israel came into effect, Hamas
Pakistan appears to be preparing for high-stakes talks that may ultimately not take place, even as uncertainty deepens around the next phase of US-Iran negotiations. Pakistani police officers and Army soldiers divert the traffic on a road leading to the Serena hotel, the venue for the second phase of peace talks between the United States

The status of the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most critical oil transit route, remains deeply uncertain, with shifting signals from Iran and the United States leaving global shipping effectively paralysed. Despite brief claims over the weekend that the waterway had reopened, fresh military threats, a continuing US naval blockade, and direct attacks on vessels

SINCE THE start of Operation Epic Fury on February 28th, China has proved careful in its support for Iran. On March 2nd its foreign ministry spokesperson said the American-Israeli strikes “violate international law”. Chinese ships carrying sodium perchlorate, an ingredient potentially used in missile propellant, are thought to have arrived in Iran earlier this month.

The United Arab Emirates has opened talks with the United States about obtaining a financial backstop in case the Iran war plunges the oil-rich Persian Gulf state into a deeper crisis, US officials told the Wall Street Journal on Sunday. UAE Central Bank Governor Khaled Mohamed Balama raised the idea of a currency-swap line with
Amid worsening tensions between Iran and the US, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian spoke to Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif after the US attacked and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz. Track updates on Iran US war File photo of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif with Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Monday it test-launched ballistic missiles with cluster bomb warheads in the second such test this month, likely underscoring its push to expand its capabilities to penetrate U.S. and South Korean defenses. The report by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency appeared to refer to the multiple

Ahead of a second round of talks scheduled in Islamabad, Iran is yet to confirm whether it would be participating, even as the US has announced that its team of negotiators would be in Pakistan on Monday. Amid suspense over the future of these talks and a ceasefire that is soon set to expire, a
Just before sunrise, the Shreveport neighbourhood in the US’s Louisiana woke up to a deadly mass shooting, as at least eight children, all under the age of 14, were killed after a man went on a shooting rampage. Police officers secure a street where eight children, with ages ranging from 1 to 14, were killed

An Iranian-flagged cargo ship was intercepted and subsequently seized in the Gulf of Oman after it tried to get past the naval blockade imposed by the US near the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump said on Monday. Subsequently, Iran vowed a “swift response” to the action, as reported by news agency AP. A tanker