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Tariq Tahir

Tariq Tahir

Senior Correspondent Investigations & News
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Tariq Tahir joined The National as a senior reporter covering investigations in May 2023. Previously he has worked as a senior foreign news reporter for The Sun, senior reporter for Metro, senior reporter for the Evening Standard and Political Correspondent for The Press Association. He has also worked freelance for UK national titles including The Times and Telegraph.
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RAF Molesworth in Cambridgeshire is home to US intelligence operations for Europe and Africa, as well serving as a Nato intelligence hub. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Two arrested inside US airbase in UK as counter-terror police investigate

Pair of Latvian men detained on suspicion of trespassing in fresh breach

UKOctober 08, 2026
Princess Firyal arrives at Southwark Crown Court, London, where her former employee Maria Virgelina Taborda Henao is accused of stealing her jewellery. Getty Images
Jordanian princess's housekeeper accused of stealing jewels

Princess Firyal's former housekeeper on trial accused of stealing items from London home

UKOctober 08, 2026
A Met Police officer on a motorbike chases a phone thief. Metropolitan Police
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London phone theft crackdown leads to 700 arrests

Met Police officers chase thieves on specially adapted motorbikes

UKOctober 07, 2026
Mostafa Sepahvand, Shapoor Qalehali Khani Noori and Farhad Javadi Manesh are accused of spying on dissident journalists for Iran. Alamy
Three Iranians 'spied on dissident journalists and plotted attack' in London

Trio accused of carrying out surveillance on Iran International

UKOctober 06, 2026
Iraqis detained by US forces at a camp in Baghdad in 2007. Getty Images
Iraqi denied UK entry visa blames US interrogation nearly 20 years ago

Visa for 72-year-old to visit son refused on national security grounds

UKOctober 06, 2026
Abdullah Sabah Albadri, 34, was convicted of preparing terrorist acts and possessing two knives. Photo: Metropolitan Police
Kuwaiti jailed for life in UK after failed Israeli embassy attack

Abdullah Sabah Albadri came to Britain by small boat and began his terror plot 12 days later

UKOctober 05, 2026
Thamer Al Qarawi was stabbed in Berkeley Square, central London. Getty Images
Jobless man admits stabbing Saudi visitor in London robbery

Ivan Stringer pleads guilty to attack on Thamer Al Qarawi in Mayfair

UKOctober 02, 2026
Drones on display at a parade in Iran. Getty Images
Pakistani sanctioned by US for 'supplying weapons to Iran'

Waseem Pasha Tajammal and his companies are accused of procuring weapons for Iran

UKOctober 01, 2026
The launch of the iPhone 18 at the Dubai Mall Apple Store. Antonie Robertson/The National
Experts warn of scam iPhone 18 deals

Criminals using Arabic-language websites to lure victims into parting with personal information

NewsSeptember 29, 2026
The headquarters of Libya's National Oil Corporation in Tripoli. Reuters
Middle East firm allowed to seize Libya's oil company assets over $1bn debt

Kuwait's Al-Kharafi owed money for cancelled Qaddafi-era deal

EuropeSeptember 29, 2026
Migrants gather on the coast of northern France in an attempt to cross the English Channel to reach the UK. Reuters
Two women and a child die after mega-dinghy capsizes in English Channel

UK government set to announce revival of safe routes for some refugees

EuropeSeptember 28, 2026
Phones for sale on Regent Street in London. Bloomberg
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How police stole a march on the phone thieves tarnishing London's reputation

The Met has busted a gang responsible for 40% of the offences and reduced a crime that was the scourge of the capital's streets

UKSeptember 25, 2026
The US accuses BitBank of routing funds to the IRGC after receiving cryptocurrency payments for the Hormuz Safe Marine Services Authority. Reuters
Mystery $1.3bn UK firm and the empire sanctioned for 'Tehran tollbooth' fees

British businesses rise and fall shadows those owned by Iranian billionaire Babak Zanjani

UKSeptember 25, 2026
Babak Zanjani and his businesses have been sanctioned by the US. Trend News Agency
US sanctions crypto exchange accused of processing Strait of Hormuz tolls

Babak Zanjani's BitBank has funnelled vast sums of money to IRGC, says US

NewsSeptember 24, 2026
At least 70 workers, mainly Indian nationals, came to Europe using migrant visas meant for chefs. Europol
Restaurant owners made millions in visa scam luring Indians to work in Europe

Workers faced violence if they wanted to go home, says Europol, after two arrests in people trafficking probe

EuropeSeptember 23, 2026
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