Meanwhile, the University of Ghent has sacked Nathan Cofnas, the researcher who exposed Jason Arday’s fabrications

First the missionary kidnapped in Niger, Kevin Rideout; now two mercenaries from the Africa Corps. Saddam’s strange mediation with the Tuaregs and terrorists, sponsored by Abu Dhabi, in a bid to become the hero of Trump and Putin

France is banking on cultural diplomacy as a tool of soft power, but for the Iranian regime this constitutes ‘blatant interference’ in its internal affairs. 

In Hong Kong, Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan have been convicted for defending the anti-one-party slogan

If necessary, the new Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, will raise interest rates. Whether the US President likes it or not

In Kryvyi Rih, Moscow attacks a shopping centre, causing more than 150 casualties, including both dead and injured. Russia is working to amass a large stockpile of weapons, and Ukraine has only one solution at present: if the missiles cannot be intercepted, Kyiv is targeting the launchers from which the attacks originate. Figures

The decision was taken as part of an investigation into the interception of the Sumud Flotilla bound for Gaza and the detention of the activists on board. Turkey has joined the international condemnation of Israel

 Copenhagen (whose defence spending this year will reach 3.5 per cent of GDP) is incorporating Ukrainian weapons and technology into its national rearmament programme. It will now host part of Kyiv’s military production on its territory