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Tariq Tahir

Tariq Tahir

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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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Abdullah Hayayei died after being hit by a metal pole from the throwing cage during training. Getty Images
UK Athletics appears in court over death of UAE Paralympian

Athletics body and former official will face trial over the 36-year-old's death during training in London

UAEJanuary 31, 2025
French police officers stand on the shore as migrants attempt to cross the English Channel. AFP
UK introduces terror-style laws to stop people smuggling plotters

Sweeping powers will make it an offence to collect information online to organise crossings

UKJanuary 30, 2025
Wajid Akhter, left, a general practitioner, defeated another doctor, Muhammad Adrees, to become Secretary General of the MCB. X
New Muslim Council of Britain leader is doctor who campaigned against Labour

Wajid Akhter and his rival were both backers of the Muslim Vote

UKJanuary 25, 2025
British Council chief executive Scott McDonald is warning the organisation could 'disappear' in a decade. AFP
British Council could ‘disappear’ within a decade as debt woes mount, warns chief executive

Scott McDonald says the organisation needs a financial bail out

UKJanuary 25, 2025
Leptis Magna in Virginia Water Park. Victoria Pertusa / The National
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Revealed: How chunk of Libyan heritage ended up in grounds of UK's Windsor Castle

Britain says the Romans ruins of Leptis Magna were a gift from the ruler of Tripolitania. Libya says they were stolen. A new report reveals the truth

UKJanuary 24, 2025
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has promised to find whoever is responsible. Getty Images
Scores of schools shut in Hungary after bomb threats

Hoaxes 'bear uncanny resemblance to last year's threats on more than 1,000 schools and institutions in Slovakia', says government in Budapest

EuropeJanuary 23, 2025
The LIA was placed under sanctions during the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi.
UN eases sanctions to allow Libya to reinvest frozen cash

The Libyan Investment Authority wants to preserve the value of its $70 billion worth of assets

MENAJanuary 17, 2025
One of the three men is arrested after NCA officers joined security forces in Iraq’s Kurdish region targeting a UK-linked, people-smuggling network. Photo: NCA
Three ‘people smugglers’ arrested in Iraq in operation with UK officers

The arrests come after a deal allowing British law enforcement to work in Iraq

MENAJanuary 14, 2025
A Halo Trust worker clearing mines from a field in the town of Musibin in Syria's Idlib province. AFP
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Dozens in Syria killed by landmines as families return home

Millions of mines and unexploded munitions remain in the country after end of civil war

MENAJanuary 14, 2025
An inflatable dinghy carrying migrants in the English Channel. Reuters
Iraqi PM to discuss illegal migration returns deal on UK visit

Plan to deport Iraqis in the UK illegally will be on the table during talks with Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his government

UKJanuary 13, 2025
UK introduces sanctions to cut supply chains feeding people smugglers

Trafficking poses significant challenges to global security, British government says

UKJanuary 09, 2025
DOHA, QATAR - OCTOBER 31: Abdullah Hayayei of UAE competes in the men's discus F34 final during the Evening Session on Day Ten of the IPC Athletics World Championships at Suhaim Bin Hamad Stadium on October 31, 2015 in Doha, Qatar. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)
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UK Athletics charged with manslaughter over death of UAE Paralympian

The 36-year-old athlete was hit on the head when a metal throwing cage collapsed while he was training in London in 2017

UKJanuary 08, 2025
UK-based start-up Space Solar is hoping to have a pioneering system up and running, delivering a set-up capable of beaming back 30 megawatts of energy to Earth by 2030. Photo: Space Solar
Why the solar power stations of the future could be based in space

A breakthrough in how to reliably send electricity back to Earth could prove revolutionary for renewable energy growth

UKJanuary 03, 2025
Small boat crossings up 20% in 2024 despite UK pledge to smash gangs

Almost 35,500 asylum seekers have made the journey this year, with a late surge as weather improved

UKDecember 27, 2024
London police say about two in three of all thefts in the city are related to mobiles and about 185,000 phones were stolen this year. Getty Images / The National
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London's phone theft hotspots revealed as crime hits 'epidemic' level

Thieves on electric bikes often silently swoop on unsuspecting victims

UKDecember 27, 2024
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