Tariq Tahir

Fawaz Akhras is the first member of the Assad family to speak after collapse of what he acknowledges is the 'former regime'

One exiled Syrian cafe owner told The National of plans to sell up and move home

The descendants of Ras Desta Damtew want the Imperial Order of the Star of Ethiopia to be on display in their homeland

Described as a 'world first', agreement aims to disrupt Iraqi-Kurdish gangs that dominate criminal business

The 23-year-old, who escaped from jail in London, passed on classified material including the names of special forces soldiers

Five men and two women were detained by Met Police officers in London

Coastguard say 39 people rescued after boat sank amid strong winds

Dilshad Shamo and Ali Khdir, who are both Kurdish, used a carwash in Wales as cover for their operation

Five have been charged as part of an operation by the Britain's National Crime Agency.

Former ambassador says the communication is cutting the country off from British businesses

Conditional offer from Tehran emerges in confidential International Atomic Energy Agency report

Paintings worth $1.2million were taken from Nazem Ahmad after police said they believed it would have funded crime or terrorism

Morocco-born Nora Achahbar resigns after heated cabinet discussion about violence in Amsterdam

The Amber 2 satellite will also help locate sanctions-busting oil smugglers, drugs trafficking and illegal fishing

Arrests across globe as crime-fighting organisation reports rescue of more than 3,000 potential victims