Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters remained on the streets of Hong Kong for a fourth night on Monday, defying calls for them to disperse as the biggest challenge to Beijing’s authority in 25 years […]
A two-year freeze in working-age benefits will save £3bn, but critics – including Lib Dems – question whether this is the fairest way to fix the deficit. George Osborne provoked a storm of controversy today […]
The Islamic State (IS) has released a third video showing John Cantlie, a British journalist held prisoner for two years, in which he delivers a scripted propaganda speech criticizing US President Barack Obama’s strategy against […]
Powers banning extremists from appearing on TV and which allow police to vet “harmful” individuals’ social media activity would be enforced if the Conservatives return to power next year, Home Secretary Theresa May is set […]
Israel is exploring ways to “lower the birthrate” of Palestinian Bedouins, its agriculture minister Yair Shamir has stated. “We have to take all the Bedouin and get them out of the desert a bit and […]
‘MPs being investigated for alleged abuses of their expenses will have their names kept secret, the Commons watchdog has announced. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority will no longer release the names of MPs under investigation […]
Palestinian sources say that the US, UK, and Australia have each indicated that they would reject a Palestinian-proposed UN Security Council resolution setting a timetable for ending Israel’s administration of the West Bank and establishing […]
Benefits could to be paid onto smart cards to stop claimants wasting taxpayers money on alcohol or gambling. Iain Duncan Smith today announced the first trial of pre-paid cards, which would restrict where the jobless […]
Sexual abuse was rampant at a children’s home in Northern Ireland run by a Catholic order of brothers, a former senior policeman has said. Around a fifth of boys at Rubane House in Co Down […]
On the outskirts of Donetsk, militia fighters discovered new mass graves of civilians. Representatives of the People’s Republic of Donetsk believe that the civilians were killed by National Guard soldiers, as the Ukrainian troops had […]
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