Middle East
Next week, Humanists UK will be intervening in a landmark education case at the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal. The case has reached this stage because the Department of Education has chosen to appeal the judgment of May 2022, which found that exclusively Christian RE and worship in Northern Ireland schools is discriminatory. Humanists UK, which… Read more »
The infrastructure of the assurance scheme built by British Game Assurance (BGA) will be transferred to Aim to Sustain (A2S), it was announced today (Monday October 16th). The transfer should be completed later in the Autumn and in the meantime, the scheme remains unchanged and open to new members. Following completion, Aim to Sustain will… Read more »
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The UK government is absolutely “confident” the 15 British soldiers detained by Iran were in Iraqi waters. Downing Street insisted today the Navy personnel captured at gunpoint on Friday had not been in Iran’s shipping lanes, despite Tehran claiming the sailors had “confessed to illegally entering” the country’s waters. The government has evidence which makes… Read more »
Fifteen Royal Navy personnel seized by Iran yesterday have reportedly admitted to straying into the Middle Eastern country’s waters. General Alia Reza Afshar told Iranian media that the eight sailors and seven marines taken captive in the Gulf have “confessed to illegal entry into Iran’s waters”. British diplomats are continuing to demand the immediate release… Read more »
