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
A Conservative MP has told the chairman of UKIP in his area to “grow up” after being asked to apologise for characterising the party as “extremists”. Speaking in the House of Commons on Monday, Cotswolds MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown said that
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) is considering a test case which could force employers to treat obesity as a disability. The case has been brought after a childminder in Denmark was sacked because he was too fat, according to
Prime Minister David Cameron appears to be losing his grip on tactics in his fight against the appointment of euro-zealot Jean Claude Juncker to the top job at the European Commission. Today saw the latest effort by the prime minister
Climate McCarthyism has claimed another victim. Dr Caleb Rossiter – an adjunct professor at American University, Washington DC – has been fired by a progressive think tank after publicly expressing doubt about man-made global warming. Rossiter, a former Democratic congressional
Conservative MP Bob Neill has pledged to reintroduce a bill to parliament that would guarantee the UK a referendum on EU membership in 2017. The bill was first put forward last year and unanimously passed by the House of Commons,
An English restaurant chain has launched a new ‘super-burger’ that features cuts from nearly every part of a cow. For £25 ($42), diners at Red’s True Barbecue, which has restaurants in the northern cities of Leeds and Manchester, can try
All the aspiring journalists I know have been thankful for the fact that the Huffington Post will basically publish anything. I know I was. But one article from yesterday by a man called ‘Yousef Dar’ who calls himself a ‘Community
BAGHDAD (AP) — The Shiite-led government of Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki remained in paralysis Friday, unable to form a coherent response after al-Qaida-inspired militants blitzed and captured entire chunks of the nation’s Sunni heartland this week, including major cities,
PARIS (Reuters) – It’s not a good sign when the leader of a G7 nation feels the need to state his country still matters. That is precisely what French President Francois Hollande did at a meeting of European Union leaders
Authorities in Indonesia have launched an investigation after a woman claimed she had given birth to a baby lizard. The midwife claims the gecko came out of Debi Nubatonis covered in mucus and blood, according to the Metro. The case
It was a day of contrasts in Brazil as the country opened the World Cup with clashes between riot police and protesters in Sao Paulo, before wild street celebrations when the “selecao” beat Croatia 3-1 after coming from behind. The
The British Court of Appeal has halted an attempt by prosecutors to hold a terror trial completely in secret. Instead the judges ruled that the “core” of the trial could be partly held in secret but other elements of it
Islamist terrorists in Iraq and Syria have begun creeping toward neighboring countries, sources close to the Islamic fundamentalists revealed this week, according to a report from the Gatestone Institute. The terrorists, who belong to The Islamic State of Iraq and
Britain’s UK Independence Party (UKIP) may have dodged a bullet fired by the Conservatives straight at Nigel Farage. Members of Beppe Grillo’s Five Star Movement, the Italian anti-establishment, anti-EU party, voted to have their 17 members in the European Parliament
A leaked audio recording of chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat harshly criticising Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas exposed severe fissures within the Palestinian leadership, and showed profound disdain by Erekat for his president, reports The Times of Israel. In the video,
OK, here’s a tough one. Which of these, would you say, is the superior culture? Culture A Produced Purcell, Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Leonardo Da Vinci, Vermeer, Shakespeare, Goethe, Moliere, Jane Austen, Newton, Wren, Darwin, Einstein, Watson & Crick, Magna Carta,
A memorial to murdered British soldier Lee Rigby will be built near the spot where he was killed by Islamist extremists last year. The local authority in South London had originally opposed a memorial out of fears it would become
British Foreign Secretary William Hague has confirmed that UK troops will not return to Iraq, despite the recent military gains made by Sunni insurgents. According to the Daily Express Hague said there was “no question” of sending in British combat
In another blow to French pride, the Italian government have decided not to bother using French on their official website when they take over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union on July 1st. The website will
The Conservative Party, and more notably Prime Minister David Cameron, is set to fall on the wrong side of German Chancellor Angela Merkel after it emerged that their European Parliamentary grouping has grown beyond control and allied with one of
The United States condemned a Wednesday rocket attack from Gaza on southern Israel, but maintained that it wasn’t ready to hold the new Palestinian unity government responsible for the attack, reports Israeli news site Ynet. “We condemn all rocket fire
