Roland Oliphant in the Telegraph on the end of Kurdish-run Rojava: For Kurds, it was the nearest thing they had to a country. For idealistic foreigners, a noble experiment in socialism. For the West, a convenient ally against terror group Islamic State (IS). Now, the entity known as Rojava – an independent Kurdish statelet in…

From the Mirror article: A TikToker has been jailed for raping a woman ‘at least 10 times’. Jennifer O’Brien, 34, was locked up for 17 years for sexual and violent offences committed against the victim who told the court of the ‘deeply damaging’ effect her ordeal has caused her. The defendant, who the court was…

From the article: Kirill Dmitriev, Russia’s key negotiator, welcomed the news, saying: “Good. A picture is worth a thousand words.” Indeed.

Not only must North Koreans attend the showing of propaganda videos: they must pay attention. There’s a new drive to “root out the attitude of perfunctory participation where only bodies are present”. The Orwellian dream lives on. Amid ongoing propaganda film study sessions praising the greatness of Kim Jong Un in South Hamgyong province, authorities…

A man who spent five years in a Yemeni prison after falling under the influence of Abu Hamza at Finsbury Park Mosque, and who travelled on to Bosnia and Afghanistan to fight alongside militant Islamists, is now presented as a legitimate civic option. His candidacy matters because it shows how low the bar for public…

From the Times – ‘Extreme’ groups cut from government relations invited to law review: Groups banned from engaging with the government over Islamist extremism fears have been invited to feed into new laws on public order and hate crime in the wake of the Manchester synagogue attack, The Times can reveal. At least three groups…

This is disappointing. From the Times: A charity cannot bring a High Court challenge to rules allowing trans people to use single-sex facilities in Hampstead Heath’s swimming ponds, a judge has ruled. Sex Matters sought to take legal action against the City of London Corporation’s trans admission policy for the ladies’ pond, a natural outdoor…

Currently, only a limited number of women dentists remain, and they are not enough to meet the needs of the entire female population.And the only things women are allowed: stoning, banned from rights and remove them from society

Documentary film “Iran’s 2026 Massacre: Inside the Kahrizak Morgue”, with unfiltered footage showing the bodies of those killed during the brutal crackdown on Iranian protesters in Jan 2026. It’s age-restricted, and only available on YouTube. Here.