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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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Afghan medical student Zahra Hussaini has come to UK to continue studying. The National
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Afghan woman restarts medical studies in UK after Taliban ban

Zahra Hussaini, 19, tells The National of her excitement at studying medicine in Glasgow

UKAugust 24, 2024
Rioter attempts to set fire to a hotel housing asylum seekers in Rotherham, northern England. Reuters
Pakistani facing cyberterrorism charge over misinformation that sparked UK riots

Farhan Asif is alleged to have spread false reports suggesting the killer of three girls was a Muslim

UKAugust 21, 2024
Police officers standing outside the Holiday Inn in Rotherham, where violence broke out. Reuters
Special reportFateful decisions that led to UK rioters targeting asylum seekers in hotels

They became prey for the mob but the conditions which led to them being targeted were created years earlier, experts tell The National

UKAugust 16, 2024
A photo of a man arrested over a terror plot targeting a Taylor Swift concert is shown on screen at a press conference. AFP
Taylor Swift terror plot: Teen suspects' 'network' under scrutiny

Iraqi teenager becomes third suspect arrested over the plot to attack concert in Vienna

EuropeAugust 09, 2024
First Muslim men jailed over violence at UK riots

Fears Britain will face a weekend of unrest as more protests planned alongside the start of the football season

UKAugust 09, 2024
Shop windows are boarded up in Northampton, England, as people brace for another right of unrest on Wednesday. AP
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UK riots: Muslims urged not to confront far-right mobs

Shops are boarded up as Britain braces for further violence despite first rioters being jailed

UKAugust 07, 2024
Far-right protesters rioting in Belfast, Northern Ireland, last week. AP
Iraqi shop owner to sell business after far-right attack in Belfast

Ali Wartty, 52, says he is too scared to let his young children out of their house amid continuing riots across the UK

UKAugust 07, 2024
Abdelkader Al Alloush, owner of the Sham Supermarket, sits outside his shop in Belfast, Northern Ireland, after rioters set it on fire. PA via AP
British shops, law firms and refugee centres in lockdown over riots

Rumours swirling on social media about more far-right protests, causing shop owners to close over fears of trouble

UKAugust 07, 2024
A man is detained as far-right activists hold a demonstration in Middlesbrough. Getty Images
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'We will protect our mosque from far-right mobs'

Almost 400 people have been arrested so far, leading to a 'standing army' of specialist police officers being assembled to crack down on rioting

UKAugust 05, 2024
Police clash with far-right protesters in Manchester, during one of many demonstrations taking place across the UK. Getty Images
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Far-right confrontations with police spread across UK cities

Violence and unrest following fatal stabbing of three young girls in Southport

UKAugust 03, 2024
The island of Palau is opposed to deap-sea mining. Getty Images
Deep-sea mining's future rests on crucial vote

The next head of the International Seabed Authority will be chosen on Friday

ClimateAugust 01, 2024
UK mosque chairman feared mob would burn down building

Town's mosque attacked by far-right protesters after false claims asylum seeker on terror watchlist was to blame for killing three girls

UKJuly 31, 2024
Romania police raiding a property used by alleged people smugglers. Photo: Europol
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Syrian leader of people smuggling gang arrested

The human trafficker used a network of taxi drivers to transport the migrants in Romania

EuropeJuly 30, 2024
Small boat clampdown risks 'death by crushing' as smugglers cram bigger vessels

Success in reducing supply of boats means vessels are now being dangerously overloaded, the former head of the UK Border Force tells The National

UKJuly 29, 2024
Migrants cross the English Channel. The Syrian boy arrived in the UK after doing likewise. Getty Images
Syrian refugee who UK officials claimed was 28 was only 17

Charity workers and teachers left shocked after boy was deemed to be 11 years older than his true age

UKJuly 18, 2024
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