Begum is now effectively stateless and will likely stay in a detention camp in Syria for the foreseeable future. Shamima Begum, the British national who travelled to Syria as a schoolgirl to join ISIL (ISIS), has lost her latest appeal attempt to regain citizenship stripped by the United Kingdom. The Court of Appeal ruled on Friday that Shamima Begum was lawfully deprived of her British citizenship. The court...

The 24-year-old set the world record in Chicago in October before his death in a car accident this month. Marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum, whose dreams of breaking the race’s two-hour barrier were ended by a fatal car crash this month, has been remembered for his talent and humility at a funeral in western Kenya. The service on Friday in his hometown, the Rift Valley village of Chepkorio,...

Lawyers representing Palestinians file criminal complaint against the chancellor and other top politicians, accusing them of abetting ‘genocide’. Berlin, Germany – A group of lawyers has filed a criminal complaint with the German federal prosecutor against senior German politicians, including Chancellor Olaf Scholz, accusing them of “aiding and abetting” the genocide they say is being committed by Israel in Gaza. The case against several members of the country’s...