Peggle free on PC via Origin
Peggle, PopCap’s classic pinball puzzler, is currently free to download on PC if you have an Origin account. It is the latest game to feature in EA’s Origin On the House promotion, which gifts you…
Czech opposition to seek confidence vote in PM after his son claims abduction amid fraud probe
Czech opposition parties are seeking a no-confidence motion against billionaire Prime Minister Andrej Babis after his son claimed he had been forcibly sent abroad to hinder a fraud probe into the politician. Babis, whom Forbes…
Russia laughs off US navy ship near its Pacific coast amid Black Sea tensions
Russia has laughed off a US warship’s “challenge” to its territorial claims in the Sea of Japan as “unsuccessful” while reacting angrily to reports that US ships could also enter the Black Sea. The US…
Star Wars Battlefront 2’s new cosmetic microtransactions go live
In-game microtransactions have returned to Star Wars Battlefront 2 – although this time they’re limited to cosmetic unlocks. As detailed last week, the in-game purchases come as part of the game’s new Night on Endor…
Briton killed and several wounded as six die in Kabul attack on British security firm G4S
A Briton was killed and several wounded in a Taliban assault on the compound of a UK security company that left six dead. Luke Griffin, a 33-year-old military veteran from Merseyside, was killed when attackers struck…
Yemen’s warring parties agree to meet in Sweden as Britain tests Saudi resolve at UN
In the end it might not have been the images of stick-thin children or the dire warnings of famine that finally prompted the world to take action to end the crisis in Yemen. It might…
Aide to Mohammed bin Salman ‘supervised torture of female prisoner’
A top aide to Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, fired for his role in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, personally oversaw the torture of at least one detained female activist earlier this year, two sources…
Britain draws up draft UN resolution on Yemen ceasefire
Yemen’s warring sides looked closer to a truce on Monday after Britain led a two-pronged diplomatic charge at the United Nations and in Tehran. The UK submitted a draft proposal to the UN’s Security Council,…
Hellblade leads BAFTA game nominations with nine nods
Ninja Theory’s self-published gamble, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, leads the nominations for the BAFTA video game awards 2018, with nine nods including Best Game. It’s been a tremendous success for the British studio, with Hellblade winning…
Cleaner at luxury Chinese hotel caught cleaning toilet and drinking cups with same sponge
High-end hotels in China run by international chains Marriott, Hilton and Hyatt have issued apologies after a video went viral, showing unhygienic practices, including one cleaner who used the same sponge to wipe drinking cups…