The parents of 15 year old Lithuanian boy Arminas Pileckas have blasted Sweden and the Swedish media for cowardice in the face of the migrant threat, and for covering up the murder of their son. Arminas Pileckas, a native of northern
Public executions, as well as amputations, lashings and mock crucifixion take place regularly on Fridays in parts of Syria controlled by the so-called Islamic State (IS), a UN-mandated probe said Wednesday. nl/mnb/mkh
Li Luming carefully straightens a table cloth in his empty restaurant in Sierra Leone’s capital as he laments the damage Ebola has done to business. It is a pointless gesture — the table, like dozens in the “Beijing Restaurant”, has
Only the scattered voices of Kurdish fighters break the silence in the Iraqi village of Wadi Osaj, where the mud and cement block houses stand empty and locked after residents fled. The village in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad, had
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State militants have executed Syrian army soldiers and are holding a group of them hostage after capturing an air base in northeast Syria at the weekend, pictures posted on the Internet and on Twitter by supporters
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is mired in scandal following the revelation that more than 1400 children were abused over a 16 year period while council staff looked the other way. But with some media outlets already seeking to blame “spending
Spain would veto any attempt by a newly-independent Scotland to join the European Union as it would encourage its own separatist movements, according to former senior EU official. Ruairi Quinn, an Irish politician who was head of the EU’s Economic
South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner Shaun Wright, has come under increasing pressure to resign after a damning report accused the Labour politician of presiding over a cover-up of child sexual abuse when he was a senior Councillor in Rotherham.
Spain’s Catalonia region may not hold its planned independence referendum in early November if the country’s top court vetoes the poll. A source inside Catalonia’s ruling Convergence and Union party (CiU) told Spain’s El País newspaper that the Catalan government
Following the news today that over 1400 children have been abused, with some raped while under the care of Rotherham Borough Council, it is worth remembering the testimony of ‘Jessica’, whose identity was hidden in an interview with the BBC
As the West steps up military aid to Kurdish forces fighting ISIS in Iraq, Germany has sent its own contribution in the form of beef sausages, burgers, biscuits and granola bars, according to The Local. The shipment came after newspaper
The Parliament of Macedonia is set to halt any prospect of same-sex marriage in this land-locked state that used to be a part of Yugoslavia. A plenary session of the Parliament is expected to pass a package of constitutional changes
As the country grapples with the problems of home-grown jihadis and the meltdown of the EuroZone it seems the Liberal Democrats have highlighted this year’s most pressing issue: sex education. The party has announced that its plan for compulsory sex
I thought I’d seen it all when ‘anti-fascist’ rent-a-mob types screamed words such as ‘racist’ and ‘coconut’ at UKIP’s Black, Asian, Muslim and Jewish supporters at a big rally in London back in May. Now, my astonishment at the lunacy
The Christian faith is being pushed out of public life, former attorney general Rt Hon Dominic Grieve has said, adding “Clearly it happens at a level of local power… In my view it’s very undesirable.” In an interview with The
Austria’s Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor Michael Spindelegger has resigned, citing pressure from his conservative People’s Party (ÖVP) to cut taxes at a faster rate than he was willing. The party is the junior member of a ruling coalition with
Non-white voters now make up more than half of the first-time voters in some of the Conservative Party’s key targets, according to a data study from elections expert Ian Warren. This will make it harder for David Cameron to win
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberia’s president has fired all Cabinet ministers and other top officials who defied her order to return to the country as it struggles with an unprecedented Ebola outbreak. A statement from Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s office late
In a triumph for climate change, four hundred pairs of Google Glass were ruined instantly yesterday when the heavens opened above Reno, Nevada, causing the Burning Man festival to be shut down. Burning Man is an annual gathering of some of
It has been recently reported in New South Wales (NSW), Australia that cigarette plain packaging, along with the hike in taxes has seen a resurgence in illegal tobacco. Some of the biggest buyers are teenagers. The illegal smokes are sold
Labour Member of Parliament Yasmin Qureshi has caused outrage after comparing the idea of young British Muslims joining ISIS to the idea of young Jewish Britons joining the Israel Defence Forces. Qureshi, who has previously had to apologise for offence
