September Lisbon funicular crash killed 16 due to faulty cable, prompting closure of other funiculars for safety checks. Published On 20 Oct 202520 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share A Portuguese official inquiry has found that a funicular railcar that crashed in Lisbon killing 16 people last month had a … Read more
Clive Stafford Smith, lawyer for Aafia Siddiqui, who he says is a victim of circumstance following the 9/11 attacks. In part 1 of this episode of Centre Stage, our guest is Clive Stafford Smith, a civil rights lawyer and legal counsel for many of the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. His best known client is Aafia … Read more
Kishida will not seek re-election as the leader of the ruling LDP in party elections next month. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced he will not seek re-election as the leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in next month’s party polls, in a decision that means the country will also have a … Read more
President Aliyev’s New Azerbaijan Party is expected to win a new majority in the oil-rich country’s legislature. Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has called snap parliamentary elections for September 1 that are unlikely to radically change the legislature’s makeup. On Friday, Aliyev issued a decree ordering the dissolution of parliament, which is dominated by his New … Read more