Nairobi, August 17 (QNA) – Kenyan officials say the country is closing its borders to travellers from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in response to the deadly Ebola outbreak. Kenyan Health Minister James Macharia said that the country is closing
Is your town safe from dragon attack? Inquiring minds want to know. A list of the top 10 strangest questions posed by Freedom of Information Act petitioners has been published Saturday by England’s Local Government Association. The group, which represents
Brussels, August 16 (QNA) – European Union leaders have approved sending arms to Kurdish forces who are battling Islamic extremists Group (ISIS) in northern Iraq. At an emergency meeting in Brussels Friday, EU foreign ministers did not agree that all
Geneva, August 16 (QNA) – The Ebola epidemic is moving faster than the authorities can handle and could take six months to bring under control, medical charity Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has said. The warning came a day after the
The BBC is planning yet another ‘hit job’ the UK Independence Party, it has been claimed this evening, with leader Nigel Farage lashing out against the publicly funded broadcaster over its long-standing bias against UKIP. In a statement issued this
NEW YORK, Aug. 15 (UPI)–Comedian, radio host and Saturday Night Live alum Joe Piscopo is leaving the Democratic party to become an Independent, citing increasing disenfranchisement and frustration with lack of progress in America’s inner cities. In an op-ed penned
An Asian member of the UK Independence Party has quit Nigel Farage’s organisation alleging that he has encountered racism within the party. Breitbart London understands that over the past month Ismail Patel has been engaged in online ‘flame wars’ with other
NEW YORK, Aug. 14 (UPI)–Twitter darling and original Star Trek helmsman George Takei opened up to NBC Thursday about his experience being taken to a Japanese American interment camp, discussing the imagery he’ll “never forget,” and how it influenced his
MUMBAI, Aug. 14 (UPI) — Two Jet Airways pilots were suspended after the plane they were flying Friday plunged 5,000 feet while the pilot was asleep and the co-pilot was on her iPad. The captain was on a scheduled break
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14 (UPI)–KISS and frontman Gene Simmons had strong “advice” for fellow immigrants in an interview with the Huffington Post, urging them to learn Enlgish in no uncertain terms. Speaking with a visibly uncomfortable Ricky Camilleri on the
The UK’s economic recovery is unlikely to be export driven as its biggest trading partner is “dead in the water”, a Bank of England policymaker has said. In a rare interview by a Monetary Policy Committee member, David Miles told
Britain’s UK Independence Party (UKIP) has received abusive responses to a press release issued today. A student ‘journalist’ working at the self-described “independent national student newspaper” the Student Times, which has a circulation of around 150,000 every fortnight encouraged the
The Eurozone has reported unexpectedly bad growth figures, with GDP stagnating in the second quarter of 2014. The blame is being laid at Germany, which declined, and France, which remained stagnant. Business Insider reports on the figures: Growth in the
A former Conservative Party minister has waded into the row surrounding UKIP Member of the European Parliament Bill Etheridge after the Daily Mail’s attempt to smear the man over comments made about Hitler’s speaking capabilities. In a story published this
Kabul, August 13 (QNA) – At least 80 Taliban militants including their local commanders were killed following counter-terrorism operations in the past 24 hours in Afghanistan. The Ministry of Interior said in a statement that the militants were killed in
Monrovia, August 12 (QNA) – Liberia will receive an untested experimental drug, Zmapp, to treat people infected with Ebola, the Liberian government says. The move came after a request to the US from Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the government
TIBURON, Calif., Aug. 11 (UPI)–News of Robin Williams’ unexpected death on Monday has flooded the internet with mourning messages for the Hollywood star. Everyone from his Mrs. Doubtfire co-star Mara Wilson to Mia Farrow to Anna Kendrick has taken to
Today is the ‘Glorious Twelfth’, the start of the grouse shooting season in Britain, with the sport under greater scrutiny than ever before. A petition by hard line animal rights activists to ban the traditional sport has received over 10,000
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 11 (UPI)–Game of Thrones actor J.J. Murphy died at age 86 on Friday. Murphy collapsed and died four days after filming his first scenes for the program’s fifth season. The actor had been cast as Ser Denys
Berlin, August 11 (QNA) – World Cup all-time top scorer Miroslav Klose on Monday announced the end of his Germany national team career. Klose, 36, scored two goals at his fourth World Cup participation recently in Brazil, where Germany won
One of the world’s leading conservative philosophers, Roger Scruton, and one of Britain’s leading historians are joining Britain’s oldest conservative think tank, the Bow Group, as senior patrons. The news comes despite the Conservative Party’s recent attacks on the Bow
BBC presenter Chris Fawkes was left red in the face this weekend as an awkward slip of the tongue created some confusion and giggles. Fawkes, who was discussing the landfall of Hurricane Bertha in the United Kingdom was regaling viewers
Firebrand leftist George Galloway MP took to the stage at today’s anti-Israel rally in Hyde Park to tell a crowd of tens of thousands that “the entire State of Israel is an illegitimate enterprise”. Galloway, who just last week called for his constituency in
Foreign Policy Magazine’s blog ‘The Cable’ yesterday revealed the discussions at the United Nations surrounding Britain’s latest strategy aimed at containing ISIS or the ‘Islamic State’ organisation that has wreaked havoc across the Middle East. The Cable reports: Britain hopes
