
Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) said Tuesday it was cutting short a training programme for Libyan troops after reported sexual assaults allegedly involving five of the servicemen. Some 300 members of the troubled north African country’s armed forces have been
by Breitbart News4 Nov 2014, 5:35 AM PST0

Package holidays have their perils for all: long transfers on cramped coaches with other people’s screaming kids, ‘cattle class’ charter flights and the holiday rep who needs to hit their sales targets for pricey trips. But for Sally Jones and
by A.B. Sanderson4 Nov 2014, 5:26 AM PST0

Liberal Democrat Home Office minister Norman Baker has resigned just days after his report advocating the legalisation of drugs was discarded without any consideration by Theresa May. The Home Secretary is believed to have been furious about the report –
by Andre Walker4 Nov 2014, 5:19 AM PST0

Robert Hannigan, the new head of Britain’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), says that Twitter, Facebook, and other tech companies have become important communication tools for terror groups, but tech companies are living in denial, and they need to work with
by Warner Todd Huston4 Nov 2014, 4:39 AM PST0

EU membership is causing problems for Britain, as what was intended to be an economic partnership is turning into a political project, British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has said. Responding to threats by the Commission that Britain would
by Donna Rachel Edmunds4 Nov 2014, 4:27 AM PST0

Immigration and Security Minister James Brokenshire has quashed rumours that the French are looking to undo the Le Touquet Treaty which allows British border forces to operate in Calais. The City’s mayor Natacha Bouchart is among voices calling for the
by A.B. Sanderson4 Nov 2014, 4:19 AM PST0

Our national governments’ collective appetite for space travel has waned considerably in the past few decades: as citizens have grown restless and dissatisfied with their elected representatives and a series of terrorist attacks and financial crises have forced leaders to
by Milo Yiannopoulos4 Nov 2014, 4:05 AM PST0

Britain’s spy agency GCHQ has said that social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and YouTube are the “command and control networks of choice” for terrorism and that the companies which run them must do more to help combat extremism.
by Milo Yiannopoulos4 Nov 2014, 3:41 AM PST0

The Islamic State (IS) jihadist group has released at least 93 Syrian Kurds from the flashpoint town of Kobane who were kidnapped in February, a monitor said Tuesday. They were among more than 160 Kurds abducted as they travelled east
by Breitbart News4 Nov 2014, 3:31 AM PST0

BEIRUT (AP) — Islamic State militants tortured and abused Kurdish children captured earlier this year near the northern Syrian town of Kobani, an international rights group said Tuesday. Human Rights Watch based its conclusions on interviews with several children who
by Breitbart News4 Nov 2014, 3:24 AM PST0

PORTSMOUTH, England (AP) — Royal Navy sailors used to swagger out of this great seaport at the zenith of the British Empire, manning the warships and trading vessels that made this nation rich and powerful. Today a handful of young
by Breitbart News4 Nov 2014, 3:22 AM PST0

Just when Kosovo appeared to be heading for a degree of stability and normalcy, feuding politicians and fresh corruption scandals have plunged the fledgling Balkan nation into its worst political crisis to date. A quirk in the young nation’s constitution
by Breitbart News4 Nov 2014, 3:19 AM PST0

Elle Magazine has produced a T-shirt bearing the legend “This is what a feminist looks like,” with proceeds going to the feminist Fawcett Society. It was modelled by Harriet Harman in the House of Commons, and outside by Ed Miliband
by David Atherton4 Nov 2014, 3:08 AM PST0

Government forces opposing the radical Islamic militias in Syria have reported a sudden flood of advanced weaponry including long-range missiles being used as ISIS and others push towards the Mediterranean coast. An investigation, published by the Independent newspaper, reveals the
by Oliver Lane4 Nov 2014, 2:40 AM PST0

One of Britain’s top universities has been accused of racism after a Jewish student leader was threatened at his own event by a member of staff. Sami Steinbock was left shaken and visibly upset after the King’s College London Students’
by Andre Walker4 Nov 2014, 2:33 AM PST0

Left-wing comedian Frankie Boyle has written an article in the left-wing Guardian explaining to his amen corner of left-wing readers that all his left-wing contemporaries who play left-wing comedy sets at left-wing comedy clubs, perform on left-wing TV panel shows
by James Delingpole4 Nov 2014, 2:26 AM PST0

Those wishing to understand British politics ahead of next year’s General Election could do worse than consider the following two statistics. First, according to the current trend of polls, the combined vote share of the main two parties is lower
by Alex Wickham4 Nov 2014, 12:59 AM PST0

Open-minded to the possibility that some British citizens who have gone abroad to fight for international jihad may have since had sudden epiphanies and may want to return to the UK with “good intentions”, the former foreign secretary has said
by Oliver Lane3 Nov 2014, 9:33 AM PST0

A Conservative candidate at next year’s general election has publicly questioned why so much “focus” is being put on Muslim men over child sexual exploitation. Iftikhar Ahmed, who is running in Bradford East, suggested it is unfair Christianity was not
by Andre Walker3 Nov 2014, 9:01 AM PST0

Mothers in the Sicilian town of Monserrato have complained to the mayor after he hired two Roma women to work at a local school. The Local has reported that Gianni Argiolas employed the two women as part of a scheme
by A.B. Sanderson3 Nov 2014, 8:54 AM PST0

London Mayor Boris Johnson has called for immigration into the United Kingdom to be rebalanced away from the European Union and towards “the English speaking peoples” of the Commonwealth, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, and “an end
by Oliver Lane3 Nov 2014, 8:20 AM PST0

South Eastern America is seeing its earliest and deepest snow falls in over 100 years, whilst temperature records have also been broken. The cold spell is drawing predictions of a new mini ice age between at least 2015 and 2035,
by Donna Rachel Edmunds3 Nov 2014, 7:55 AM PST0

Viewers of ITV’s hit drama Downton Abbey watched closely last night to find out the fate of one of the show’s most popular characters. The popular blonde was allowed to wander in and out of patients’ rooms when the Abbey
by A.B. Sanderson3 Nov 2014, 7:52 AM PST0

FREETOWN (Reuters) – A Sierra Leone doctor died on Monday from Ebola, making him the fifth local doctor in the West African state to have succumbed to the hemorrhagic fever that has taken a heavy toll on the country’s medical
by Breitbart News3 Nov 2014, 7:36 AM PST0

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A space tourism rocket broke apart in flight over California’s Mojave Desert after a device to slow the experimental spaceship’s descent deployed too soon, federal investigators said. The cause of Friday’s crash of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo
by Breitbart News3 Nov 2014, 7:27 AM PST0