At least five people have been killed and 30 injured in a suspected suicide attack on a British embassy vehicle in Kabul, an embassy spokesman has said. The explosion hit the east of the Afghan capital at around 10.30am local
A French jihadist left the Islamic State just two weeks after arriving because he could not handle the terror group’s strict no-smoking policy. Flavien Moreau, a Muslim convert with 13 previous convictions, including assault and armed robbery, moved to Syria
The British government has abandoned a target to reduce net immigration to below 100,000 per year after the Home Secretary admitted it was “unlikely” and that the government has been “blown off course”. Theresa May appeared to confirm in an
Three Muslim men laughed in court yesterday as they were accused of plotting to behead a member of the public before Remembrance Sunday. Cousins Nadir Sayed, 21, and Yousaf Sayed, 19, along with friend Haseeb Hamayoon, 27, smirked as the
Russian President Vladimir Putin is set the leave the G20 summit early after he was confronted by British Prime Minister David Cameron over Ukraine. Cameron warned that Russia could face further sanctions unless it stopped “destabilising” Ukraine, telling the Russian
The Red Cross is facing mounting criticism after sacking a long-standing volunteer who protested against gay marriage. Coalition for Marriage (C4M), which led the campaign against redefining marriage in the United Kingdom, says that it has received nearly 50,000 messages
British jihadists who travel to fight for Islamic State and other terror groups will be banned from returning to the UK for at least two years, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced. The Prime Minister announced the new policy as
The chairman of governors of a school has allegedly been ousted simply because he is a member of UKIP. Mike Ward, who has been a governor of Eskdale School in North Yorkshire for the past eight years, alleges that he
Tributes were paid across Britain today to all the servicemen who have died in conflicts since the First World War. In London, the final ceramic poppy was placed in a giant art installation in the dry moat of the Tower
A British man is behind a suicide bombing that killed eight people, including a top-ranking police officer, in the Iraqi town of Beiji, a counter-extremism analyst has said. Kabir Ahmed, 32, who is originally from Derby, drove a truck full
British schools have been told to look out for signs of a gruesome form of abuse known as “breast ironing” which involves girls as young as 10 having their chests pounding with heated objects, including rocks, to disguise signs of
A suspected murderer has died after police used a Taser gun on him after finding him “eating a woman’s face” in a hotel in Wales. Matthew Williams, 34, was found attacking his victim at the Sirhowy Arms Hotel in the
Police forces in Britain are “struggling to cope” thanks to high levels of immigration, one of the country’s most senior police officers has warned. Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, Commissioner of London’s Metropolitan Police, said that officers face difficult challenges due to
Further details have emerged of the terrible behaviour of Libyan soldiers being trained at Bassingbourn barracks in Britain. Three of the soldiers have already been charged with sexually assaulting women in nearby Cambridge, with a further two charged with raping
Russian president Vladimir Putin in the most powerful man in the world, according to Forbes magazine. In news that will come as a blow to Barack Obama, the US president was beaten into second place by the Russian leader, with
Dog owners could face arrest and 74 lashes if they are caught walking their pets or even keeping one in their home under a proposed new Iranian law. A bill before the country’s parliament says that keeping a dog as
The Prince of Wales has condemned the persecution of Christians in the Middle East and called on Muslim leaders to help end the “indescribable tragedy” in Syria and Iraq. He called on leaders of all faiths to ensure their followers
The British parliament is set to debate banning abortions performed purely on the grounds of the baby’s gender, as a cross-party group of MPs is pushing for Britain’s abortion laws to be clarified over whether doctors can be prosecuted for
A 16-year-old student has been sentenced to a minimum of 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to murdering his teacher in Leeds, UK. The teenager, who has been named as Will Cornick, killed his Spanish teacher, Ann Maguire, at
British charities could be inadvertently helping fund ISIS, the head of the Charity Commission has warned. William Shawcross says there is a risk that groups distributing money and supplies donated by the British public could be exploited by extremists to
One in seven young adults in Britain has “warm feelings” towards the Islamic State terror group, a new survey has revealed. According to a poll by Populus, 14 percent of under-25s in Britain view the group in a positive light,
The number of terror arrests related to Syria has exceeded 100 so far this year, four times as many as in the whole of 2013, according to data obtained by the Sun. A total of 104 people have so far
The self-proclaimed Islamic State is teaching children as young as five to become soldiers and suicide bombers in ‘terror schools’, an anti-ISIS campaign group has revealed. ‘Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently’ has posted images showing children brandishing assault rifles, training
Taxpayers’ money is funding corruption in foreign countries, a damning report has revealed. The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) says the British aid is actively encouraging corrupt practices, such as bribery. In one scheme, Britain invested millions in helping
A bar in Britain has said it made of a “huge error of judgement” in hosting an Ebola-themed Halloween party. Birmingham’s Bar Risa apologised after coming under fire for the fancy-dress student event, which was branded “bad taste” and “insensitive”
British schools are facing an “influx” of immigrants, and need much more government support to deal with the large numbers of new students, the chief inspector of schools has said. Sir Michael Wilshaw said that it could become a “big
Two percent of Anglican clergy in Britain do not believe in God, while a further nine percent say that ‘no one can know what God is like’, according to a new poll. The YouGov poll of clergy in the Church
Islamists have been on tours of the Houses of Parliament in London in order to scope out the building, a British intelligence source has revealed. The revelation has led to some MPs calling for the number of visitors to parliament
Britain is being “swamped” by immigrant workers, with towns “under siege” from EU migrants, the Defence Secretary has said. Speaking ahead of the crucial Rochester and Strood by-election, Michael Fallon confirmed that the government plans to introduce new measures to
Britain has ended combat operations in Afghanistan after handing over its last base, Camp Bastion, to Afghan security forces. The union flag was lowered at the base, which has been the centre of British operations since 2006, at the same
A 19-year-old former private school student has become the latest British-born jihadi to die fighting for ISIS in Syria. Medhi Hassan, who used the alias Abu Dujana, is the fourth fighter from the city of Portsmouth to be killed fighting
A UKIP candidate was shoved and kicked after trying to stop a man vandalising her political stall in Brighton and Hove. Linda Reid, who is a UKIP city council candidate, said that the incident happened as she and her team
Support for the UK’s continued membership of the European Union is at its highest level since 1991, according to a poll by Ipsos Mori. Latest figures from the polling firm show that 56 percent of people want to stay in
The UK’s finance chief, George Osborne, has said that the British government will do whatever it can bring an American Football team to London. At a meeting with NFL officials yesterday, Osborne said that the scheme had the government’s full
Hundreds of children who were at risk of sexual exploitation have been let down by the police, according to a whistleblower. Ann Lucas, who ran the sexual exploitation service in the city of Sheffield, told the BBC that although she
Alpine goats are shrinking due to climate change, researchers have claimed. Scientists from Durham University say that the goats now weigh 25 percent less than goats of a similar age thirty years ago, and blame the shrinkage on the region’s
