
This week in the European Parliament, the Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) met to discuss the EU’s budget for the next year. What at first looked like a dull meeting of MEPs, became a more exciting after a Labour
by David Atherton25 Jul 2014, 6:30 AM PST0

A midwife in Munich has been arrested by police on suspicion of attempting to murder four pregnant women while they were undergoing Caesarean section. The 33-year old midwife, who has not been named, is being held on four counts of
by M.E. Synon25 Jul 2014, 6:15 AM PST0

London’s Metropolitan Police are under pressure to tell the public whether they have a secret spy plane circling over London eavesdropping mobile phone calls. The calls have come since it emerged that a small plane with no call sign has
by Andre Walker25 Jul 2014, 5:55 AM PST0

Whatever your position on the Ukraine crisis, it has exposed the utter impotence of the EU and the fatal flaw behind the concept of the European super-state. The sanctions that EU leaders have threatened to impose – when they can get
by Alan Murad25 Jul 2014, 5:45 AM PST0

GLASGOW, UK – The Commonwealth Games have started and I am here in a surprisingly warm and gorgeous Glasgow for the Opening Ceremony. After London 2012 the pressure is on for Scotland: 6500 athletes from 53 countries, 71 if you
by Alexandra Swann25 Jul 2014, 5:32 AM PST0

A computer hacker has breached security at the European Central Bank and stolen information from a public website, an attack which emerged only after officials at the ECB received a blackmail email demanding money in return for the data stolen.
by M.E. Synon25 Jul 2014, 5:06 AM PST0

Someone has petitioned the UK Government’s Home Office demanding that the term “denier” be classified as “hate speech.” We the undersigned request that the offensive terms, “climate denier”, “denier”, “denialist” and other variants being used to harass sceptical scientists or
by James Delingpole25 Jul 2014, 4:12 AM PST0

KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban insurgents intercepted two minibuses traveling through central Afghanistan and killed at least 14 passengers overnight, officials said on Friday. “These indiscriminate killings by the Taliban are aimed at instilling fear in the people,” said Sediq Sediqqi,
by Breitbart News25 Jul 2014, 4:01 AM PST0

In recent weeks, British Prime Minister David Cameron has proved to be master of losing friends and alienating people, but even by his standards, news that Charlie Brooks is to run for UKIP will be a blow. The horse racing
by Andre Walker25 Jul 2014, 3:55 AM PST0

A TV host in Jordan burned a paper Israeli flag live on air during a discussion on the ongoing Gaza campaign. In a clip posted to YouTube by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), Zoher Al-Azzeh burned the flag
by Nick Hallett25 Jul 2014, 3:42 AM PST0

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — For the developers of the world’s sixth tallest building near Seoul, a mysteriously shrinking lake and the appearance of small sinkholes in residential neighborhoods couldn’t have come at a more inopportune time. Plans for the
by Breitbart News25 Jul 2014, 2:40 AM PST0

An Australian Jihadist fighting with ISIS in Syria has appeared in sickening images posing with severed heads. Sydney-born Mohamed Elomar casually held up the two heads in photos that were posted on Twitter by his friend, convicted terrorist Khaled Sharrouf.
by Nick Hallett25 Jul 2014, 2:35 AM PST0

(Reuters) – The loss of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 must prove a catalyst for changing Russia’s approach and ending the conflict in Ukraine, Prime Minister David Cameron wrote on Friday in an opinion piece in the New York Daily News.
by Breitbart News25 Jul 2014, 1:30 AM PST0

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko asked parliament to pass a vote of confidence in the government on Friday after the shock resignation of premier Arseniy Yatsenyuk piled political uncertainty onto the crisis wracking the country. Yatsenyuk quit in protest Thursday after
by Breitbart News25 Jul 2014, 1:21 AM PST0

British Muslims have launched an official petition to ask parliament to debate banning the burka. If 100,000 people sign, the House of Commons will be obliged to hold a debate on whether Britain should introduce a French-style ban on full-face
by Nick Hallett25 Jul 2014, 12:39 AM PST0

A UKIP MEP has condemned a proposed EU-wide social security scheme as an attempt to introduce “an EU ID card through the back door”. Jane Collins said that the proposals could represent a serious threat to individual freedom, and had
by Breitbart London24 Jul 2014, 8:55 AM PST0

Gianni Vattimo, an Italian Marxist philosopher and former member of the European Parliament, has told national Italian radio that Israel is “a bit worse than the Nazis,” and he’d like to “shoot those bastard Zionists.” He said Europeans should raise
by M.E. Synon24 Jul 2014, 8:13 AM PST0

The economic situation in France is “catastrophic” and “if France were a company, it would be close to liquidation,” Pierre Gattaz, head of Medef, the employers’ federation, said this week. “There are no signs of recovery,” he said. Among other
by M.E. Synon24 Jul 2014, 7:38 AM PST0

If team mates had predicted that Australian hockey player Jayde Taylor would be “royally photobombed” at the Commonwealth Games she might have assumed it was a mere turn of phrase. But a royal photo bombing is what literally happened to
by Andre Walker24 Jul 2014, 7:24 AM PST0

America’s National Hockey League has become the latest organisation to claim that global warming threatens its future. Despite the fact that most of its rinks are indoors, it is maintaining that rising temperatures may melt frozen lakes, thus making it
by Nick Hallett24 Jul 2014, 7:20 AM PST0

An inventor from Stamford in Lincolnshire has embarked on a project to build the world’s biggest fart machine – and then aim it straight at France. Colin Furze plans to place the machine on top of the white cliffs of
by Andre Walker24 Jul 2014, 7:02 AM PST0

BEIRUT (AP) — Fighters from the extremist Islamic State group stormed parts of a besieged army base in northern Syria on Thursday, setting off clashes that left dozens killed or wounded on both sides, activists said. The assault, which began
by Breitbart News24 Jul 2014, 6:11 AM PST0

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union would target state-owned Russian banks and their ability to finance Moscow’s faltering economy in its most serious sanctions so far over the Ukraine crisis under proposals considered by EU governments on Thursday, diplomats said.
by Breitbart News24 Jul 2014, 6:02 AM PST0

A UN-backed conference on climate change ended with a call to end capitalism. The conference, organised by the Venezuelan government, saw 130 green activist groups meet to discuss their demands. Green website Respond to Climate Change says that at the
by Nick Hallett24 Jul 2014, 5:48 AM PST0

An earnest young man from Vice claims to have “crashed” the Heartland Institute’s 9th International Conference on Climate Change. Actually, no: he was given a press pass and afforded every courtesy because that’s how we Evil Deniers (TM) roll –
by James Delingpole24 Jul 2014, 5:32 AM PST0