The people of the Communist state of North Korea are today invited to elect deputies to the 13th Supreme People’s Assembly. A total of 687 deputies will be elected from single-member constituencies, and will serve five-year terms in the country’s
An Islamist militant group have issued an apology for a twin suicide bombing Lebanon that killed eight people, including children from a nearby orphanage. The Al Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades issued the rare statement on various militant websites, saying the
Iran has hanged 16 people as revenge for an attack near the Pakistani border. The New Straits Times reports that gunmen killed at least 14 border guards in the mountains of Sistan-Baluchestan in the southeast of the country. In retaliation,
Education chiefs in Birmingham are investigating an alleged plot by Islamic fundamentalists to take over schools by ousting head teachers and staff members through a dirty tricks campaign. The Birmingham Mail reports that it has received documents purporting to show
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander will today use a speech to say that there will be no negotiations over a currency union with an independent Scotland. Speaking to representatives of the pensions industry, Mr Alexander will say that
Scotland’s Community Safety Minister Roseanna Cunningham has said that she will apologise to Lt Gen Sir Norman Arthur after posting his contact details on Twitter, leading to him receiving a string of abusive messages. Sir Norman was formerly Scotland’s most
Saadi Gaddafi, son of the former Libyan dictator, is facing the death penalty after being handed over to Libyan officials by neighbouring Niger. He was pictured earlier today having his hair cut and beard shaved off after spending a year
A Chinese commercial flight with 200 passengers on board came within minutes of being hit by North Korean missiles. The China Southern Airlines flight flew through an area of airspace just five minutes after North Korea launched the rockets into
The Army is in danger of not having enough troops to defend Britain because of the government’s military shake-up, according to a committee of MPs. The Commons’ Defence Select Committee says that plans to sack full-time soldiers and replace them
Britain has some of the highest levels of violence against women in the EU, with 44 percent reporting to have suffered some form of violence since the age of 15. The Daily Mail reports that a new study by the
A Labour Party secretary in the London Borough of Croydon has been suspended after secretly filming men urinating in the toilets at the Centrale shopping centre. David Christison, who was ward secretary for West Thornton and a former council candidate,
Israeli defence officials say they have intercepted a ship carrying Iranian weapons to Gaza. The ship, which was Panamanian-flagged, was intercepted by the Israeli Defence Forces earlier today in the Red Sea. The BBC reports that “dozens of rockets” were
A Westernised Muslim woman was stabbed to death by her husband after he found out she was having an affair, a Manchester court has been told. The Daily Mail reports that Jahangir Nazar, 35, stands accused of killing his wife
Welfare minister Lord Freud has warned that the cost of family breakdown could be much higher than the welfare bill suggests. Commenting on what the government is doing to ensure families stay together, the minister said that the real costs
An opinion poll reported in today’s Daily Mail reveals new information about the average UK voter. It shatters the view of UKIP as a party purely for disaffected Tories, with supporters more likely to be working class retirees from the Midlands. The
The Irish Department of Health’s deputy chief medical officer has warned that people who live near wind turbines risk having their health and psychological well being compromised. The Irish Examiner reports that, following a review of research on the effects
Etihad Airways, the airline owned by the United Arab Emirates, has removed Israel from its in-flight maps. While they still feature countries such as Jordan, Egypt, Syria, and Iraq, there is no mention of Israel or any of its major
A study for the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) claims that smoking breaks at work are costing British businesses £8.4 billion a year. The research, reported in today’s Guardian, suggests that workers
Senior Tories last night accused Labour leader Ed Miliband of emboldening Vladimir Putin by voting down military intervention in Syria last summer. The House of Commons voted against authorising military strikes against the Assad regime, after backbench Conservatives joined with
Len McCluskey, head of the Unite union, has said that Ed Miliband’s reforms of party funding will give his union more power over the party. Under the plans, which were approved today, union members will no longer be automatically affiliated
Militant Islamist group Boko Haram are being blamed for killing at least 37 people in a series of attacks in northeastern Nigeria, according to a report from the BBC’s Hausa service. The attacks in the Adamawa province on late Wednesday
British intelligence agency GCHQ intercepted and stored webcam images of millions of internet users, according to secret documents revealed by the Guardian. A surveillance programme called Optic Nerve collected still images from Yahoo webcam chats and saved them to large
A Muslim boys’ school in the UK has advertised for a temporary science teacher, but made it clear that women need not apply, reports The Telegraph. The advert, published by Capita, requests a “Male Science Teacher” to cover lessons until
