
Twelve Nigerian soldiers were on Tuesday sentenced to death for mutiny after shots were fired at their commanding officer in the restive northeast city of Maiduguri earlier this year. A nine-member military tribunal, sitting in Abuja, convicted the soldiers following
by Breitbart News16 Sep 2014, 2:03 AM PST0

Three civilians were killed in renewed shelling in the Ukrainian rebel-held city of Donetsk on Monday despite a ceasefire, the local authority said. Another five people were injured, city hall said in a statement, without giving further details. Another six
by Breitbart News16 Sep 2014, 1:58 AM PST0

Scottish independence campaigners have found an unexpected source of support ahead of a landmark referendum on the fate of the United Kingdom — Palestinian bagpipers. In a small hall in the occupied West Bank, far from the tussle over Scotland’s
by Breitbart News16 Sep 2014, 1:48 AM PST0

EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Britain promised to guarantee Scotland’s high levels of state funding, granting Scots control over healthcare spending in a last-ditch attempt to shore up support for the United Kingdom before Thursday’s vote on independence. With polls showing the
by Breitbart News16 Sep 2014, 1:42 AM PST0

Whichever way Scotland votes on Thursday, the consequences for English politics are just as interesting as what might happen north of the border. A Yes vote promises initial constitutional anarchy, but the long-term political impact at Westminster would be relatively
by Alex Wickham16 Sep 2014, 1:25 AM PST0

David Cameron just delivered a masterclass in speech-giving in front of a pro-UK audience in Aberdeen in Scotland. In case you missed it, you can read the full text here. Most regular readers will recognise that I’m not exactly Cameron’s
by Raheem Kassam15 Sep 2014, 9:52 AM PST0

The full text of David Cameron’s final speech in Aberdeen, Scotland before the country goes to the polls in Thursday’s referendum: OUR COUNTRY AT STAKE We meet in a week that could change the United Kingdom forever. Indeed, it could
by Breitbart News15 Sep 2014, 9:28 AM PST0

The shocking profligacy of the European bureaucracy has been exposed again after a UKIP Member of European Parliament tweeted a photograph of a mountain of iPad boxes discarded in a corridor in Brussels, which housed goods worth thousands of pounds.
by Oliver Lane15 Sep 2014, 9:23 AM PST0

The British government is hoping that UN talks next week will provide the much-needed agreement for a military campaign against the self-proclaimed Islamic State. Prime Minister David Cameron will use his address to the UN’s general assembly to call for
by Nick Hallett15 Sep 2014, 9:18 AM PST0

Dame Vivienne Westwood – the fashion designer and punk pioneer – has driven what may be the final nail in the coffin of the referendum on Scottish independence by coming out for the “Yes” vote. “I hate England,” explained the
by James Delingpole15 Sep 2014, 9:14 AM PST0

Sweden’s nationalist anti-immigration party, the Sweden Democrats, took 13 percent of the vote to come third in this weekend’s Swedish elections. The party now holds 49 of the 349 seats in Sweden’s Parliament, more than doubling their seat tally and
by Donna Rachel Edmunds15 Sep 2014, 9:00 AM PST0

The former lover of French President Francois Hollande has threatened to publish text messages he sent her, proving that he made fun of the poor, the Daily Mail has reported. Valerie Trierweiler has published a book in which she alleges
by Donna Rachel Edmunds15 Sep 2014, 8:51 AM PST0

Her Majesty the Queen has, after weeks of speculation made her thoughts on Scottish independence known publicly for the first time, after she told Scottish Independence well wishers to think “very carefully about the future” after attending a Sunday church
by Oliver Lane15 Sep 2014, 8:41 AM PST0

Britain would be more vulnerable to terrorist attack in the event of Scottish independence according to former Foreign Secretary, Sir Malcolm Rifkind MP. The Scottish Tory grandee criticised the “disturbing immaturity” of the Scottish governments claims that a whole new intelligence
by Andre Walker15 Sep 2014, 8:41 AM PST0

Only a third of British voters believe that Scottish and Welsh MPs should have the right to vote over English laws, according to a new poll by Ipsos Mori. The survey is the latest evidence that a new constitutional settlement
by Andre Walker15 Sep 2014, 8:38 AM PST0

BRUSSELS (AP) — If Scottish voters this week say Yes to independence, not only will they tear up the map of Great Britain, they’ll shake the twin pillars of Western Europe’s postwar prosperity and security — the European Union and
by Breitbart News15 Sep 2014, 8:38 AM PST0

The latest “Future of the UK” poll by Survation for the Mail on Sunday provides a good deal of hope for UKIP at the general election, showing the party in England and Wales on 20.4 percent, enough to win a
by Brian Otridge15 Sep 2014, 8:33 AM PST0

Scotland’s First Minister and independence campaign leader Alex Salmond has been blasted for comparing the democratically elected government of Israel and the terrorist organisation ISIS following the beheading of British aid working David Haines. Salmond, speaking on the BBC’s Andrew
by Raheem Kassam15 Sep 2014, 8:20 AM PST0

A father shot his seven-year-old daughter dead when her mother rejected both Islam and him. Egyptian-born Yasser Alromisse, 46, wanted custody of daughter Mary Ann Shipstone after he become estranged from wife Lyndsey. Lyndsey had originally converted to Islam upon
by Nick Hallett15 Sep 2014, 7:55 AM PST0

“We are the force that’s renewing the political landscape,” claimed an ecstatic Bernd Lucke, leader of Germany’s Eurosceptic Alternative for Germany (AfD) party which this weekend secured gains in two eastern German state elections. The electoral wins will cause German
by Donna Rachel Edmunds15 Sep 2014, 7:52 AM PST0

The former boss of Kiwi Airlines has claimed that Malaysia Airways flight MH370 was taken down by its suicidal pilot in a deliberate act of sabotage. Ewan Wilson claims the pilot locked his co-pilot out of the cockpit, turned off
by Andre Walker15 Sep 2014, 6:16 AM PST0

Scotland’s bid to join the European Union as an independent nation could be blocked by Members of the European Parliament if the new Scottish government insists on keeping British-gained opt-outs from the Euro and on open borders, and the VAT
by Donna Rachel Edmunds15 Sep 2014, 6:01 AM PST0

The home base of the British nuclear deterrent may be moved to America if Scotland votes for independence, according to the Daily Express. The newspaper has quoted “senior military figures” suggesting that an immediate move to America would deny Alex Salmond the
by Andre Walker15 Sep 2014, 5:29 AM PST0

A 21-year-old woman who was British medical student before fleeing to Syria has posted an image on Twitter of herself holding up a severed head. In the picture, which has since been taken down from the site, she can be
by Nick Hallett15 Sep 2014, 5:09 AM PST0

British Prime Minister David Cameron may recall parliament at the end of either next week or the week after to seek approval for air strikes against terrorist organisation ISIS. The delay in bringing MPs back is to ensure the debate
by Andre Walker15 Sep 2014, 3:44 AM PST0