China’s senior security official met Indonesian anti-terrorism chief in Beijing on Friday, with the pair vowing more cooperation in fighting terrorism, reported Chinese news agency (Xinhua). Meng Jianzhu told Ansyaad Mbai, head of the Indonesian National Counter Terrorism Agency, that
The shockingly brutal video of the beheading of American journalist James Foley released by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), has gone viral. Thousands of viewers are sharing the gruesome footage online, and despite some mainstream sites
Senegal has become the latest African country to restrict travel as a result of the Ebola outbreak, closing its borders to neighbouring Guinea, the Senegalese Press Agency reported Friday. “This measure also applies to air and maritime borders, to planes
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21 (UPI)–Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon are reportedly putting an end to their six year marriage. Sources told TMZ the couple separated in May and has been living apart ever since. The pair has even begun talking
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (UPI) — Former President George W. Bush was dunked for the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Tuesday and passed the duty on to his predecessor President Bill Clinton. Post by George W. Bush. “To you all who have
Ecuador President Rafael Correa on Wednesday confirmed his country’s decision to grant political asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Assange has been living at the Ecuadorian embassy in London for the past two years, according to an Itar-Tass report today.
UKIP leader Nigel Farage has called on Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron to take a stand on the Islamic State and strip UK nationals who are fighting abroad of their citizenship and cancel passports using the little-known Foreign Enlistment Act
The Islamic State militant group operating in Iraq has released a video online allegedly showing the beheading of US journalist James Foley, missing since 2012, according to a BCC News report Wednesday. The group said they killed Foley to avenge
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19 (UPI)–Paul Rudd stars as Scott Lang in the first official photo from Ant-Man. The still features a pensive-looking Lang in a black hoodie and navy jacket against the grey and foggy backdrop of the Golden Gate
A lorry containing 15 people reportedly suffering from dehydration was stopped and searched near a motorway service station earlier today, according to Avon and Somerset Police. Sky News reports that the people inside are currently receiving treatment, and immigration authorities
Nigel Farage may be winning over the man in the street with his pub-loving image, but the sources of Ukip’s funds inhabit far more elevated circles, as Anne McElvoy discovers. The Right Moves The host is a generous party donor,
Britain’s largest bakery chain has become the latest target of online pranksters after they figured out that Google search results were pulling a logo from the spoof ‘Uncyclopaedia’ website. Greggs, which is known for its piping hot sausage rolls and
TRIPOLI, Libya, Aug. 18 (UPI) — The Libyan capital of Tripoli was struck by bombs dropped from unidentified aircraft early Monday, with the government unaware of whose planes carried out the attack. Rival militia groups have been involved in combat
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Aug. 18 (UPI) – Iceland’s Bardarbunga volcano is at increased risk of eruption, Iceland’s meteorological agency warned Monday. Citing “intense seismic activity that started on 16 of August” and “evidence of magma movement shallower than 10km,” the Met
LONDON, United Kingdom – Anti-ISIS protests in London this weekend saw hundreds of people march from the BBC’s Broadcasting House to the American Embassy then down to Marble Arch. The march followed the Gaza protests staged in London over recent
On Sunday we gave you 5 reasons why David Cameron’s op-ed in the Sunday Telegraph was ‘nonsense’ citing that the British Prime Minister was not prepared to take the tough decisions over Iraq. Yesterday, the Telegraph’s own Con Coughlin put
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (UPI) — Details from the official autopsy of Michael Brown began to seep out just hours after the release of a privately conducted autopsy, revealing that the toxicology report found marijuana in Brown’s system when he died.
LONDON, UK – Australian Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has today claimed that he will “soon” leave the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he has been holed up for the past two years as he tries to avoid arrest and extradition
London, August 18 (QNA) – Britain’s Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said Monday that the mission in Iraq will last for months as RAF Tornados and surveillance aircraft help stop the advance of Islamic State extremists. Fallon was quoted in the
Stability. Security. The peace of mind that comes from being able to get a decent job and provide for your family, in a country that you feel has a good future ahead of it and that treats people fairly. In
A Central London branch of Sainsbury’s, Britain’s third largest supermarket chain, removed UK-made kosher goods from their shelves this weekend in an apparent stand with ‘Free Gaza’ protesters. While the central Twitter account of the national chain denied that it
ATKINS, Iowa, Aug. 16 (UPI)–Today show weatherman Al Roker’s face will be featured in an Iowa farm corn maze to honor his 60th birthday. The owners of Bloomsbury Farm in Atkins, Iowa, choose a different theme each year for their
John Lewis, one of Britain’s favourite department stores, is to sell hijabs as school uniforms for girls following a deal with schools in London and Liverpool. The move will raise concerns that the department store is profiteering off a misogynistic
The Israeli Agriculture Ministry decided two months ago to divert settlements’ poultry products to markets outside the European Union after the EU imposed sanctions have made it very difficult to send such products to Europe. Haaretz daily reported that On
