Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi faces new corruption charges from the country’s ruling generals after a businessman claimed on military TV that he had given her $550,000 in shady donations. Suu Kyi’s lawyer says the claim is ‘groundless’ but it adds to a growing list of charges against the pro-democracy leader as the … Read more
China’s communist rulers handed themselves veto powers over selecting Hong Kong’s lawmakers as part of a campaign to eliminate dissent and ensure a ‘patriotic’ government in the city following huge democracy rallies in 2019. Legislation to allow China’s communist rulers to vet all election candidates in Hong Kong was tabled at the opening of the nation’s … Read more
Britain has demanded the UAE prove ruler’s daughter Princess Latifa is alive after ‘concerning’ videos were released showing her captivity in Dubai. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said people ‘will want to see that she is alive and well’ after Princess Latifa described in smuggled videos how she has been locked in a villa without access … Read more
A father and daughter have told of their two year ‘nightmare’ fighting controversial plans by the oil rich billionaire ruler of Dubai to build a lodge at his Scottish Highland retreat just yards from their home. Highland Council refused the development in June because it would have been too close to a neighbouring bungalow, which … Read more
Princess Shamsa was abducted from Cambridge after she went on the run in 2000 and the High Court has ruled her father Sheikh Mohammed al-Maktoum was behind the plot Demands are growing for independent inquiries into the roles of the Foreign Office and Cambridgeshire Police after an investigation into the abduction of a princess in Britain … Read more
Chilling video filmed by one of the Dubai ruler’s two daughter’s now being held captive in their father’s palaces revealed how she faced ‘constant torture’ after a failed escape bid. Princess Latifa appeared in the clip posted to YouTube in March 2018, in which she gave a disturbing account of her abduction and imprisonment ordered … Read more