
Britain is to hold an independent inquiry into a computer failure at its air traffic control hub which caused chaos for travellers last week, aviation officials said Monday. The glitch delayed departures, diverted arrivals and led to the cancellations of
by Breitbart News15 Dec 2014, 3:13 AM PST0

Over four in ten voters want Britain to leave the European Union, a survey showed on Monday. If a referendum was held immediately, 42 percent of Britons would support leaving the EU, compared to 31 percent who would opt to
by Breitbart News15 Dec 2014, 3:10 AM PST0

Every day beneath the streets of London, sewer technicians are fighting a grim war against giant ‘fatbergs’ which clog the system and threaten to regurgitate putrid waste back into people’s homes. The problem gets worse at Christmas, when two extra
by Breitbart News15 Dec 2014, 3:05 AM PST0

The leader of Japan’s largest opposition party stepped down Monday after losing his seat in a weekend election drubbing. Banri Kaieda, who led the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) to its third consecutive thrashing at the polls, was among the
by Breitbart News15 Dec 2014, 3:02 AM PST0

Workers from Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan’s party shut down major roads in the eastern city of Lahore on Monday in the latest round of protests against the government. Dozens of supporters from Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party gathered at different
by Breitbart News15 Dec 2014, 3:00 AM PST0

GamerGate is the biggest internet storm in a decade–a battle that has spawned an unprecedented four-and-a-half million tweets, death threats, a front-page story in the New York Times, a segment on The Colbert Report, cost Gawker Media over a million
by Milo Yiannopoulos15 Dec 2014, 2:56 AM PST0

LIMA (Reuters) – About 190 nations agreed on Sunday the building blocks of a new-style global deal due in 2015 to combat climate change amid warnings that far tougher action will be needed to limit increases in global temperatures.
by Breitbart News14 Dec 2014, 11:42 AM PST0

The British Foreign Office is paying for 46 North Korean ‘journalists’ to take part in a media skills course. The FO claims that the money is being put to good use by trying to engage with North Korea, but critics
by Donna Rachel Edmunds14 Dec 2014, 8:59 AM PST0

Is that all there is? After two weeks of elbow-gripping climate hysteria, 11,000 people from over 190 nations left the COP 20 conference in Lima, Peru agreeing on just one thing. They want our money. Lots of it. In small
by Breitbart News14 Dec 2014, 8:16 AM PST0

Hundreds of new cases involving allegations of torture of Iraqi citizens, including men, women and children, by British soldiers are set to be brought before the International Criminal Courts in The Hague. A new dossier, containing claims of torture and
by Donna Rachel Edmunds14 Dec 2014, 7:57 AM PST0

A member of parliament has called for the chief executive of Britain’s National Air Traffic Service (NATS) to be stripped of his bonus after dozens of flights were cancelled and hundreds more delayed across the South of England on Friday
by Donna Rachel Edmunds14 Dec 2014, 7:44 AM PST0

A shock poll has placed Ukip to the left of the Conservative Party for the first time. The results will make unwelcome reading at Conservative Party HQ, as they are banking on capturing the centre ground as a means to
by Donna Rachel Edmunds14 Dec 2014, 7:37 AM PST0

A parliamentary committee investigating possible British links to torture will request access to blacked out parts of a US Senate report on CIA treatment of Al-Qaeda suspects, its chairman said Sunday. The news comes amid growing questions in Britain about
by Breitbart News14 Dec 2014, 6:22 AM PST0

Aromatic truffles, smooth-as-silk foie gras, firm, springy oysters, mouth-wateringly tender beef and an almost infinite range of cheeses. The French have a worldwide reputation for gastronomic excellence. But while the country still boasts some of the globe’s finest restaurants, chinks
by Breitbart News14 Dec 2014, 6:16 AM PST0

The demolition of the main protest camp ended a pro-democracy occupation that paralysed Hong Kong for two months, but the campaign has left the city deeply divided both politically and socially, analysts say. With the world watching, Hong Kong was
by Breitbart News14 Dec 2014, 6:07 AM PST0

BANGALORE, India (AP) — Police in southern India questioned a man who they say acknowledged to running a popular pro-Islamic State group Twitter account but appears to have no direct links to the militant group. Mehdi Masroor Biswas, a 24-year-old
by Breitbart News14 Dec 2014, 6:03 AM PST0

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Defense Ministry on Sunday denied Swedish claims that for the second time this year a Russian military aircraft had nearly collided with a passenger jet over Sweden, insisting that the two planes were never less than
by Breitbart News14 Dec 2014, 5:57 AM PST0

Spain’s proposed new public security law, which introduces hefty fines for unauthorised protests and allows for the summary expulsion of migrants that try to enter the country illegally, has sparked fierce opposition from human rights activists. The lower house of
by Breitbart News14 Dec 2014, 5:54 AM PST0

LODZ, Poland (Reuters) – The European Union has given Poland more than 100 million euros ($125 million) to build at least three “ghost” airports in places where there are not enough passengers to keep them in business. The result is
by Breitbart News14 Dec 2014, 5:48 AM PST0

Whenever I find my faith wavering in Nigel Farage and the UKIP project, all I have to do is open my morning newspaper to be reminded why they are both so very necessary. Yesterday’s Telegraph was a case in point
by James Delingpole14 Dec 2014, 12:07 AM PST0

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will send hundreds of troops to train Iraqi and Kurdish forces in Iraq, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon told The Daily Telegraph newspaper on Saturday, in a bid to step up the battle against Islamic State fighters.
by Breitbart News13 Dec 2014, 3:30 PM PST0

Director of Middle East at the British Foreign Office Edward Oakden renewed on Saturday his country’s support for President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi’s efforts to complete the transition stage in Yemen. Oakden stressed, during his meeting in London with Head
by Andre Walker13 Dec 2014, 1:25 PM PST0
The Kiev State Ballet School has refused to accept money raised by Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre after it emerged the star dancer at a charity gala had supported the annexation of Crimea. At the Bolshoi last Sunday, some of the world’s
by Breitbart News13 Dec 2014, 10:40 AM PST0

A former security minister has said that British spies may have been aware of torture carried out by CIA agents. Lord West of Spithead, who served in Gordon Brown’s Labour government, said there may have been the “odd case” where
by Nick Hallett13 Dec 2014, 6:42 AM PST0

Ian Paisley jnr has hinted the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) might be willing to offer a pact with the Ulster Unionist Party (DUP) at the next General Election. He told an audience at Cambridge University that whilst his party had
by Andre Walker13 Dec 2014, 5:56 AM PST0