EDINBURGH, Scotland, March 12 (UPI) –A woman is seeking damages for an attack by a seagull, blaming the owner of the building where she works near Glasgow, Scotland. Cathie Kelly, 59, described the assault Tuesday in testimony at the Court
While the UK government today announced an increase of 3 percent in the minimum wage, economics experts have claimed the move could indeed hamper job creation and impede UK growth prospects. Speaking earlier today, Britain’s Business Secretary Vince Cable said
TEHRAN, March 11 (UPI) — Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham said Tuesday there was no basis to claims her country was behind the Lockerbie bombing in 1988. Arab news broadcaster Al-Jazeera said it obtained evidence from classified U.S. documents, which
The former deputy speaker of Britain’s House of Commons, Nigel Evans MP, stands accused a string of sexual assaults over a ten year period. The former Conservative Member of Parliament strenuously denies the allegations, but the prosecution has laid out
An Anti-Israel activist caused a major disturbance after launching into an expletive-ridden tirade at the National University of Ireland, Galway. As students voted in favour of a campus-wide boycott against the Jewish state, ‘pro-Palestinian’ activists showed their true colours, verbally
The office of the European Union’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has denied that the EU boss was forced to wear a hijab at meetings held in Iran alongside Mohammad Javad Zarif, her Iranian counterpart. Though the meetings were criticised
NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia, March 7 (UPI)–Two members of the Russian punk rock group Pussy Riot have posted video showing them under attack in a McDonald’s in Nizhny Novgorod. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, who were released from prison in December,
BEIJING, March 5 (UPI) —China’s defense budget will increase by 12.2 percent to 808.2 billion yuan (about $132 billion) in 2014, a draft submitted to lawmakers indicated Wednesday. The increase represents the highest growth rate in China’s defense budget since
LONDON, March 5 (UPI) —The Danish ambassador to Britain said the similarity in comedic sensibilities between the two countries can be traced back to the Vikings. Claus Grube, Denmark’s ambassador to Britain, said the “common heritage” between the two countries
KIEV, March 5 (Reuters) – Armed men seized Robert Serry, a special representative of U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Ukraine’s Crimea region on Wednesday, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said. Serry has previously served as a special representative to the Middle
NEWARK, N.J., March 4 (UPI) — Joe and Teresa Guidice, stars of “Real Housewives of New Jersey,” pleaded guilty Tuesday in Newark, N.J., to mortgage and bankruptcy fraud charges. They appear as a couple on the popular reality television program
CAIRO, March 4 (UPI) — A court in Cairo banned all Hamas activity in Egypt and ordered the Hamas office in Cairo closed during the espionage trial of ousted President Mohamed Morsi. Several officials of Hamas, ideologically similar to the
A 20-year-old student appeared in court in London on Tuesday charged with aiding terrorism in Syria. Mouloud Tahari is the third person charged in the investigation alongside his mother and former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg. All three were arrested
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said that deposed Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych had no political future but asserted he was legally still head of state. “I think that he has no political future. And I told him this,” Putin
A ‘secret’ document photographed by the press outside Number 10 Downing Street, the residence and office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has revealed that the UK Government will not yet be imposing sanctions on Russia following Putin’s
PRETORIA, South Africa, March 3 (UPI) — The first witness Monday in the trial of South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius said she heard screams from Pistorius’ home when his girlfriend was killed. Neighbor Michelle Burger told the court she heard
LONDON, March 2 (UPI) —Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg has been charged by a London court with Syria-related terror offenses. Begg was charged Saturday by a Westminster magistrates court with facilitating terrorism overseas, the Guardian reported. The suspect was
WASHINGTON, March 2 (UPI) —U.S. travelers battled delays Sunday as a snow storm moved toward the East Coast, dropping 6 inches in some areas. The storm was moving across the northern Rockies and central Plains Sunday toward the Midwest toward
The former UK Defence Secretary and senior Conservative party figure Dr. Liam Fox has urged Prime Minister David Cameron to ditch his unachievable pledge to lower net migration into the UK. Fox – speaking after new figures revealed the government’s
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (UPI) —A Texas congressman Friday said he would challenge Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., for the chairmanship of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee next year. The committee’s top job will be open when current Chairman Dave
DEARBORN, Mich., Feb. 28 (UPI) —Debbie Dingell kicked off her campaign for her husband’s Michigan congressional seat Friday, telling a crowd in Dearborn she knows “just how big” his shoes are. Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., 88, who announced his retirement
Police have charged former Guantanamo Bay detainee and self-styled ‘human rights’ activist Moazzam Begg with Syria-related terrorism offences. West Midlands police have accused the 45-year-old – who founded the CagePrisoners organisation following his stint in Guantanamo Bay – of providing
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28 (UPI)–Hollywood stars Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis are engaged after dating for nearly two years, People.com reported. Kunis was spotted wearing a diamond on her ring finger while shopping with her mother Thursday. “Ashton and Mila
