‘Unaccompanied minors’ who came to Europe from Syria and Afghanistan embarked on a campaign of sexual abuse and terror after they were put into classes with Austrian children who may have been too scared to report the attacks. Four boys aged
BEIRUT (AP) — U.S. commandos mounted a rare raid into eastern Syria overnight, killing a senior Islamic State commander in a firefight, capturing his wife and rescuing a Yazidi woman held as a slave, the Pentagon said Saturday.
Five Libyan soldiers have been jailed after drunkenly rampaging through Cambridge city centre, raping a man and sexually assaulting four women.
A controversial decision by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) not to prosecute Lord Janner of Braunstone over 22 alleged historical child sex crimes is being reviewed. A group claiming the ex-Labour MP sexually abused them has claimed credit for the
Labour’s former council leader in Thanet, Iris Johnston, has been caught on camera allegedly ‘helping’ a member of the public to cast their ballot during last Thursday’s election. The votes for Thanet District Council took place on the same day as
CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced ousted President Mohammed Morsi to death over his part in a mass prison break that took place during the 2011 uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak.
The 10-year hunting ban may be repealed within 12 months with confident lobbyists claiming they have the numbers to win any open vote at Westminster. David Cameron is under pressure from Tory MPs to honour the party’s election manifesto pledge
The BBC will not be broadcasting Queen Elizabeth II’s 90th birthday celebrations next year after the rights were instead awarded to its commercial rival ITV. The move has surprised many as the BBC, which is Britain’s state broadcaster, is often
British Chancellor George Osborne, fresh from his Conservative Party’s election victory on May 7, said he would spell out on July 8 how he plans to make further big cuts to public spending and boost the country’s growth prospects. “I
Islamic State fighters claim to have seized the Iraqi town of Ramadi after a wave of suicide bombers, including a ‘white Briton’, attacked the city. The terror group named the man as Aby Musa al-Britani and issued a picture of
Greece has managed to meet its debt repayments for this month – but only just. The financially-stricken nation has managed to find some fiscal breathing space but in a few weeks will be called on to meet further demands from the international
Instead of participating in a Camp David summit of Gulf leaders – which was organized by U.S. President Barack Obama to garner support from Gulf Arab leaders – the King of Bahrain decided to attend the Royal Windsor Horse Show, where he met on Friday with Queen Elizabeth II and other British royalty.
UKIP’s only Member of Parliament, Douglas Carswell, has met the party leader’s challenge to those briefing against him to have the courage to speak out. Mr Carswell has taken to the Times newspaper — the same outlet that UKIP MEP
UKIP’s Director of Communications, the former BBC producer Paul Lambert, has today been dismissed as the row around an internally staged coup against leader Nigel Farage continues. Over the past 36 hours, a war of words has been waged, which
Following the premature end to Chuka Umunna’s leadership ambitions, his fellow MPs are setting about the traditional process of exposing the Labour Party’s dirty laundry in public. Splits are appearing between former Cabinet colleagues over their party’s financial record with
Newly-appointed health minister Ben Gummer has come under fire from pro-abortion groups over his opposition to the practice. The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health said in a Guardian interview in 2008 that he is “personally and principally opposed
Former government minister Baroness Warsi said British Muslims are living in “fear” of the new government crack down on extremism, and has claimed the new policy could lead to more radicalisation. Speaking to the Independent, Warsi said the coming of new
Despite being frozen out of all but one parliamentary seat in Britain, in reality UKIP put in a stunning performance at last week’s general election in terms of pushing it’s vote, putting it third place nationally. Not only did UKIP
Adding to similar comments made by the Governor of the Bank of England earlier this week, newly-reappointed Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond told the Financial Times he wants to see a renegotiated deal with the EU “as fast as possible” in
Just a quick one: was anyone else as surprised and delighted as I was by Brian May’s performance on BBC Question Time last night? I’ve been quite rude about him in the past. Yes, that distinctively shimmery, echoey, almost Venusian
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — The three Baltic countries — Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania — are asking NATO to permanently deploy ground troops to their nations as a deterrent against an increasingly assertive Russia. The countries’ defense chiefs requested a brigade-size
Militant atheists who try to silence Christian views are as bad as Tudor monarchs who executed thousands of religions dissenters, a top judge has said. Sir Michael Tugendhat, who has recently retired as a High Court judge, said that human
Following the most difficult 24 hours of his party leadership, Nigel Farage’s position at the top of UKIP appears to be safe. There will now be a change of direction and tone at the top of the party following the
British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday a second Scottish independence referendum was “not remotely on the cards”, but he would consider nationalist demands for greater powers to be devolved from London to Scotland. Cameron was speaking after meeting
One of the City’s leading economists has said that the eurozone is a “complete disaster” and that “Britain needs to leave the EU”. Speaking to Money Week about his new book, The Trouble With Europe, which he says he wrote
Bono, lead singer of Irish rock band U2, has defending his band’s tax efficiency measures following accusations of hypocrisy. Speaking to Sky News Bono explained that while he and fellow band members paid a lot of tax they merely wanted
