As the child of immigrants to the UK, writer Hanif Kureishi has been shocked by the tone of some of the Brexit debate, writes Marjorie Brennan

Flooding ravaged hundreds of villages in Pakistan’s main province of Punjab today, destroying homes, soaking crops and threatening more lives.

A former Jihadi who has dedicated his life to deterring other young Muslims from becoming terrorists is getting the support he needs to continue his work, Hazel Blears said today.

Nato-led troops and Afghan forces detained a prominent Taliban commander during a raid on a compound in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said today.

A BBC journalist went missing today after visiting the Pakistani capital Islamabad, the BBC said, and his brother feared intelligence agents may have kidnapped him.

A Russian-made helicopter crashed in bad weather in the eastern Afghan mountains yesterday, killing all 16 on board, including at least two American civilians and two Dutch military officers, officials said today.

Hundreds of Afghan troops and Nato peacekeepers are guarding the capital today, following riots sparked by a deadly traffic accident involving US troops.

British Telecom today said it had chosen its group finance director to spearhead its key retail operation.

A MEMBER of the first British suicide bomb mission to Israel was encouraged to go by his sister, a court heard yesterday.

Hamas belatedly claimed responsibility today for a suicide bombing in a Tel Aviv bar a year ago and released a farewell video of two British Muslims it had recruited for the attack.

TALIBAN fighters ambushed a truck full of government soldiers in the southern province of Zabul, killing several, the provincial governor and a Taliban spokesman said yesterday.

THE wife, brother and sister of British citizen Omar Khan Sharif, on the run following an April 30 suicide bomb attack in Israel, were remanded in custody on terror charges, a London court official said.

THE family of a young British Muslim blamed by Israeli police for a suicide attack on a seafront bar in Tel Aviv yesterday spoke of their shock.

Israeli security forces were today hunting for a man holding a British passport who they say attempted a suicide bomb attack on a Tel Aviv beachfront bar.

Two men were today sentenced to death in Pakistan for plotting a deadly car bombing outside the US consulate in Karachi in June 2002.

A massive earthquake rocked Indonesia’s Sumatra island today injuring at least 42 people, damaging houses and causing residents to panic and run into the streets.

A massive earthquake rocked Indonesia’s Sumatra island today injuring dozens of people, damaging houses and causing residents to panic and run into the streets.

A special anti-terrorist court in Pakistan today ordered three men charged with trying to kill President Pervez Musharraf to remain in custody.

Trevor Nelson is to host the first MTV Lick Party in Cork.