The former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has died at age 91, Russian state media have reported tonight. For many years, the final Soviet leader had been consigned to near political oblivion in Russia but nevertheless …
(Image source: Sky News) A court in the UK has started hearing a case involving former footballer Ryan Giggs and accusations that he used controlling and coercive behaviour against his ex-girlfriend, Kate Greville. According to …
A former RTE journalist has been jailed for 18 months after a jury found him guilty of sexually assaulted a woman as she slept. Mícheál Ó Leidhin worked as a political reporter for RTE Raidió …
Nobel laureate and former Stormont Prime Minister David Trimble has died at the age of 77. The Ulster Unionist Party released a statement – “it is with great sadness that the family of Lord Trimble …
Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has been shot dead while giving a speech in the western city of Nara, state broadcaster NHK reports. The 67-yr-old dropped on the stage as he was shot twice …
The former President of Ukraine Petro Porosenko was interviewed live on Sky News and said that he was on the streets with his fellow Ukrainian people and was ready for combat. The 66-yr-old produced a …
The former Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, has been arrested on live television earlier this week to prevent him from giving a statement supporting a protest that would defy the country’s Covid-19 lockdown restrictions. …
Tony Blair, the former UK prime minister has called for far-Left factions within the UK Labour Party to be pushed “to the margins”. The Labour party’s former leader said that a “lurch to the far-Left …
Former US President George HW Bush has sadly passed away at the age of 94 it has been confirmed. The announcement of Bush’s death was confirmed late on Friday evening by his son George W …
There was some sad news announced in the past hour as former Republic of Ireland international Liam Miller sadly passed away following a battle with pancreatic cancer. The news of Miller’s death was announced confirmed …
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