
Ministers have pledged £250m to clear a waiting list of 3.1 million people on Britain’s socialised National Health Service (NHS), the highest level for six years, according to the Daily Mail. The money will be spent on 100,000 operations over
by Andre Walker4 Aug 2014, 5:40 AM PST0

The European Union pumped €436m (£348m/$586m) into Ukraine’s anti-Russian “civil society” groups in the seven years leading up to overthrow of the democratically-elected President Yanukovych in February this year. Civil society groups and other pressure groups – some of them
by M.E. Synon4 Aug 2014, 4:39 AM PST0

ISIS militants could flood some of Iraq’s most important cities after capturing the country’s biggest dam. Fighters from the jihadist group seized control of the Mosul Dam from the Kurds last night in their first major victory of Kurdish army,
by Nick Hallett4 Aug 2014, 4:00 AM PST0

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike killed a militant leader in the Gaza Strip Monday, just hours ahead of a seven-hour truce announced by Israel that was meant to open a “humanitarian window” for aid as Israeli
by Breitbart News4 Aug 2014, 3:27 AM PST0

A female passenger collapsed and died at London’s Gatwick Airport this weekend after arriving in the UK from Gambia, leading to fears that the Ebola virus had spread to Britain. The Daily Mail reports that the woman, believed to be
by Nick Hallett4 Aug 2014, 3:15 AM PST0

Did you see the photograph of the Middle Eastern boy blown apart in an explosion? I did, unfortunately. Someone insisted on posting it in my Twitter timeline. For my education, presumably. The boy – no older than five – was
by James Delingpole4 Aug 2014, 2:40 AM PST0

GLASGOW (Reuters) – Hailed as the best ever Commonwealth Games by Federation president Prince Tunku Imran, Glasgow 2014 celebrated the end of a memorable 20th edition with a colourful closing ceremony on Sunday. In a sporting festival recognised for the
by Breitbart News4 Aug 2014, 2:17 AM PST0

(Reuters) – Russia announced new military exercises involving bombers and fighter jets on Monday in a show of strength near the border with Ukraine. An air force spokesman was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying more than 100 planes
by Breitbart News4 Aug 2014, 2:15 AM PST0

VALLETTA August 4 (Reuters) – The British survey ship HMS Enterprise has arrived in Malta carrying 110 Britons evacuated from Libya, where fighting between rival armed factions has spread in the capital. The British ambassador to Libya, Michael Aron, said
by Breitbart News4 Aug 2014, 2:07 AM PST0

DOHUK, Iraq (AP) — A spokesman for Iraq’s minority Yazidi community says tens of thousands of its members have fled their homes after Sunni militants from the extremist Islamic State group captured their towns. Jawhar Ali Begg, the spokesman, says
by Breitbart News4 Aug 2014, 2:01 AM PST0

LIEGE, Belgium (AP) — Heads of state and foreign dignitaries, including German President Joachim Gauck and his French counterpart Francois Hollande, are gathering at an Allied memorial to commemorate the start of World War I. In a spirit of reconciliation
by Breitbart News4 Aug 2014, 2:00 AM PST0

Islamic State (formerly ISIS) British jihadist Reyaad Khan, 20, boasted about executions and murders of prisoners on Twitter. He is proud of his horrid behavior, the United Kingdom could try him for war crimes if he returns to the country.
by Mary Chastain4 Aug 2014, 1:09 AM PST0

The chief-of-staff of Britain’s biggest trade union has launched a group supporting pro-Putin separatists in Ukraine. Andrew Murray, who is one of the most powerful figures in the Unite union, spoke at the inaugural meeting of campaign group Solidarity with
by Nick Hallett3 Aug 2014, 8:29 AM PST0

I am devastated to have to bring you the sad news that my friend Andrew Ian Dodge passed away last night after a second battle with cancer. Dodge was 46 when he died, and leaves behind his wonderful wife Kim.
by Raheem Kassam3 Aug 2014, 8:00 AM PST0

“NHS to fund sperm bank for lesbians,” reports the Mail On Sunday. Or, as someone put it on Twitter: The people must be allowed to have their cake and eat it or they’ll sulk….. There are lots of things that
by James Delingpole3 Aug 2014, 6:58 AM PST0

The Commonwealth Games have had no real effect on how Scots will vote in the forthcoming independence referendum, according to a new poll. The Survation poll for the Mail on Sunday says that the games, hosted by the Scottish city
by Nick Hallett3 Aug 2014, 6:38 AM PST0

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has angered Muslim staff by hosting a hog roast to celebrate the Commonwealth Games beneath the windows of its Arabic TV service. The Sun on Sunday reports that a whole pig was spit-roasted in the
by Nick Hallett3 Aug 2014, 5:57 AM PST0

Christopher Booker has been at the top of British journalism since the 1960s, and this weekend he has given another demonstration why. Booker’s weekly column in the Sunday Telegraph, the most-read column in the paper, was pulled at 6 pm
by M.E. Synon3 Aug 2014, 5:39 AM PST0

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Islamic State Sunni insurgents have captured the northern Iraqi town of Zumar and a nearby oil field after a battle with Kurdish forces who had control of the area, witnesses said on Sunday. Islamic State, which staged
by Breitbart News3 Aug 2014, 1:57 AM PST0

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain believes the situation in the Gaza Strip has become intolerable and could lead to an increase in anti-Semitic attacks on British Jews, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said in a newspaper interview to be published on Sunday.
by Breitbart News3 Aug 2014, 1:52 AM PST0

A report commissioned by London Mayor Boris Johnson has concluded that a British exit from the European Union would be better for the city than remaining in an unreformed EU. Johnson is likely to give his backing to the report
by Breitbart News3 Aug 2014, 1:42 AM PST0

At the beginning of July, a trading standards office released a statement claiming that an illegal tobacco raid in Plymouth was a “success” despite no illegal tobacco being found. A trading standards office said of their Friday morning raid, “Although
by Raheem Kassam2 Aug 2014, 12:38 PM PST0

Salma and Zahra Halane, the 16-year-old twins who left Manchester, England in July to join the Islamic State (formerly ISIS) in Syria now claim that one of them wants to be a doctor for the terrorist group. One of the
by Mary Chastain2 Aug 2014, 12:00 PM PST0

With questions posed from BBC’s Kevin Rawlinson like “Can a lone blogger bring down a business? … In the online age, do bloggers wield too much power? … Or does the internet’s promise of freedom of speech trump businesses’ need for a way to
by Ali A. Akbar2 Aug 2014, 8:07 AM PST0

Support for the UK Independence Party remains steady despite many having previously claimed that Nigel Farage’s party would fall back to smaller support levels on the run up to the UK General Election. But nine months away from the vote,
by Breitbart London2 Aug 2014, 7:40 AM PST0