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For 30 years Aun Pheap reported on corruption, human rights abuses, elections and political scandals for every major newspaper in Cambodia, a job he felt he was born to do. Now, like so many journalists who worked...

Parts of Britain could enjoy the hottest early May bank holiday ever recorded on Monday with temperatures set to reach 28C. The forecast follows a high of 26.3C at Heathrow airport on Sunday, while the hottest...

Concerns are growing for the whereabouts and wellbeing of a daughter of Dubai’s ruler, following reports she was forcibly returned after fleeing United Arab Emirates in March. Human Rights Watch has said failure to disclose the status of...

Watch out for the return of the sailing ship. After a commitment last month to cut greenhouse gas emissions from shipping by at least 50% by 2050, the race is on to find new technologies that can green...

Soon after departing the small resort town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, the video monitors on the bus come to life. Stars glitter in the night sky, a mystical flute soundtrack lilts, and a narrator’s voice...

Farewell, carefree days of summer. The number of people getting diseases transmitted by mosquito, tick and flea bites has more than tripled in the United States in recent years, federal health officials reported on Tuesday. Since...

By Sonia Sodha Young people born or raised in the UK are being ensnared by Kafkaesque bureaucracy – and paying an extortionate price for it. The new home secretary, Sajid Javid, has wasted no time in disowning...

A London-based British Council employee has been arrested during a family visit to Iran, as the authorities in the country step up targeting people with ties to UK institutions. Aras Amiri, a 32-year-old Iranian national, was visiting...

SCL Group and its Cambridge Analytica consultancy, which were at the centre of this year’s Facebook privacy row, are closing and starting insolvency proceedings. The company has been plagued by scandal since the Observer reported that the personal data of...

Some of the biggest proportional increases in sales of £1m-plus homes happened outside London and its commuter belt last year, with sales almost doubling in Cheltenham and Birmingham. While the capital accounted for 60% of £1m-plus sales,...