
Lebanon needs more international help to fight jihadist forces that have launched a series of attacks against the army and kidnapped security forces, the country’s prime minister told AFP. Tammam Salam, speaking ahead of a visit to France this week,
by Breitbart News8 Dec 2014, 7:57 AM PST0

The Syrian rump government’s official news agency has accused Israel of dropping bombs on Damascus airport, among speculation that the attack may have been a pre-emptive strike to take out newly arrived Russian air-defence systems before they are fully operational.
by Oliver Lane8 Dec 2014, 7:52 AM PST0

The Green Party in Brighton has been criticised for selecting a candidate who once described the 1984 Brighton Bomb attack on Conservative Party Conference as “justifiable act of political warfare”. Richard Stanton was selected to fight Queen’s Ward on Brighton
by Andre Walker8 Dec 2014, 7:31 AM PST0

LONDON (Reuters) – The two parties in Britain’s governing coalition clashed on Monday over their plans for the economy as they tried to differentiate themselves in voters’ eyes before a national election due next May. Prime Minister David Cameron’s right-leaning
by Breitbart News8 Dec 2014, 7:16 AM PST0

The BBC spends an astonishing £27,000 every working day on taxi fares alone, new figures have revealed. In total, the taxpayer funded corporation has racked up a mind-boggling £21 million over the last three years merely on ferrying its people
by Donna Rachel Edmunds8 Dec 2014, 7:09 AM PST0

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Marine Rescue service says it has suspended the search for more than 20 migrants believed missing since an inflatable boat they had been traveling in from Africa to Europe ran out of fuel and was buffeted
by Breitbart News8 Dec 2014, 6:56 AM PST0

A Romani Gypsy who came to Britain in the first days of relaxed visa rules this year has thanked English taxpayers for unwittingly paying for his new house back in Romania, for which he is siphoning off £60,000 worth of
by Oliver Lane8 Dec 2014, 6:20 AM PST0

Canada on Monday joined Britain in closing its embassy in Cairo to the public for security reasons, with neither country providing details about any specific threat. The move comes amid increasing attacks by Islamist militants in Egypt and calls from
by Breitbart News8 Dec 2014, 6:07 AM PST0

Delhi’s government on Monday banned Uber from operating in the Indian capital after a passenger accused one of its drivers of rape, dealing a fresh blow to the online taxi company’s public image. The popular but controversial service has come
by Breitbart News8 Dec 2014, 6:03 AM PST0

JERUSALEM (AP) — Two decades after Israeli spies helped Syrian Jews whisk ancient Hebrew bibles from Damascus to Jerusalem, Israel’s national library asked an Israeli court on Monday to grant it custodianship over the manuscripts — a move that could
by Breitbart News8 Dec 2014, 5:55 AM PST0

Outside Westminster very few functionaries acquire genuine fame, and it might be hard for the public to understand the excitement created by the announcement that Paul “Gobby” Lambert is joining UKIP. Gobby is a well liked figure in the Westminster
by Andre Walker8 Dec 2014, 5:46 AM PST0

The new head of the Girl Guides (or ‘Girl Scouts’ as they are known in the US) has boasted of the fact that she’s rubbish at cooking and said that if she were a girl joining the organisation today the
by James Delingpole8 Dec 2014, 5:29 AM PST0

Britain’s active army will be reduced to just a few hundred soldiers on duty over December, as military bosses have sent the vast majority of the 80,000 strong force home to save on heating bills. More than 100 barracks will
by Donna Rachel Edmunds8 Dec 2014, 5:04 AM PST0

A head teacher who ran a school that was investigated by the ‘Trojan Horse’ inquiry has said that he was forced out for “giving children British values”. Balwant Bains, who is Sikh, said he had to leave Saltley School in
by Nick Hallett8 Dec 2014, 4:58 AM PST0

One of the pioneers of British Food Banks has hit out at the Archbishop of Canterbury’s call for them to be nationalised as part of a new government department called Feeding Britain. Robin Aitken, who set-up the Oxford Food Bank,
by Andre Walker8 Dec 2014, 4:25 AM PST0

Jihadi wannabe terrorists are taking advantage of European open borders to enjoy ‘grand-tour’ style jaunts across the continent on their way to the Islamic State, taking in the sights and staying at luxury hotels, analysis suggests. One British passport holder,
by Oliver Lane8 Dec 2014, 4:02 AM PST0

Amber Rudd, the Conservative minister for climate change, has apparently been banned from attending the second week of the UN’s climate change conference in Lima by Chief Whip Michael Gove. He has insisted that she stay behind in order to
by Donna Rachel Edmunds8 Dec 2014, 3:48 AM PST0

The British relatives of the US hostage killed by Al-Qaeda during a rescue attempt in Yemen criticised the raid Monday, saying they would have preferred negotiations. The operation on Saturday came two days after 33-year-old Luke Somers’ kidnappers had issued
by Breitbart News8 Dec 2014, 3:14 AM PST0

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Two Myanmar workers have pleaded not guilty to charges including murder over the killing of two British tourists in Thailand, their lawyer said on Monday, in a case that has hit tourism and attracted widespread criticism. The
by Breitbart News8 Dec 2014, 3:12 AM PST0

LONDON (Reuters) – The Archbishop of Canterbury has said he found seeing the hungry in Britain to be less serious but more shocking than the plight of those starving in some places in Africa. Justin Welby, head of the 80-million
by Breitbart News8 Dec 2014, 3:09 AM PST0

NEW YORK (AP) — While Britain’s Prince William meets with President Barack Obama at the Oval Office on Monday and discusses illegal wildlife trafficking at the World Bank, his wife, Kate, will tour a child development center with New York
by Breitbart News8 Dec 2014, 3:06 AM PST0

A South African judge on Monday acquitted millionaire British businessman Shrien Dewani of murdering his bride on their honeymoon, saying the state had not adequately made the case against him. Judge Jeannette Traverso said that prosecutors arguments had “fallen far
by Breitbart News8 Dec 2014, 3:03 AM PST0

Tech giants Apple have invented a phone that flips itself around in the air to avoid falling screen side down, thus avoiding the inconvenience and massive expense of a broken screen. Drawing on the way cats always land on their
by Donna Rachel Edmunds8 Dec 2014, 12:56 AM PST0

Talk is cheap. Right? Wrong. As you read this, climate worriers from around the world are gathered in Lima, Peru to talk about the weather. They are attending something called COP 20. That’s UN shorthand for the grandly titled ‘Conference
by Breitbart News8 Dec 2014, 12:55 AM PST0

JERUSALEM (AP) — Six Palestinians were charged in an Israeli court Sunday of digging illegally for antiquities in a remote desert region where archaeologists believe undiscovered Dead Sea Scrolls are buried, Israel’s Antiquities Authority said. The arrests came after a
by Breitbart News7 Dec 2014, 3:00 PM PST0