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
Former UK Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has said that the West’s response to the crisis in Crimea has been less than adequate, stating that “Russians understand consistency and strength and we have not shown either”. Speaking to a meeting
A British teenager became so obsessed with taking the perfect ‘selfie’ that tried to kill himself when failed. At the height of his addiction he was taking up to 200 pictures a day after dropping out of school to focus
Police in The Netherlands are helping opponents of right-wing politician Geert Wilders by handing out a standard form, known as the ‘Wildersformulier,’ to anyone wanting to make a criminal complaint against him. Moroccans and other immigrants, as well as left-wing
Last week proved to be interesting for the UK, with a big shake up of the savings and pensions industry in George Osborne’s budget meaning pensioners would no longer essentially be forced to take out annuities on retirement and could
The bodies of at least 15,500 unborn babies have been incinerated over the past two years, with some of them used to generate power to heat NHS hospitals, a new investigation has revealed. The report for Channel 4‘s ‘Dispatches’ programme,
British Prime Minister David Cameron announced the United Kingdom will help NATO secure the Baltic states against Russia. Statements by Russian diplomats and ambassadors raised alarms in Latvia and Estonia and they fear they could be President Vladimir Putin’s next
The answer to that one is a big “no” by the way, but that certainly hasn’t stopped the usual green suspects trying to shoehorn the Malaysian tragedy into their grand universal theory of everything. Here’s how an enterprising environmental reporter
In its lead story today, the New York Times hailed Japan’s overnight decision to transfer 700 pounds of weapons-grade plutonium to American oversight as President Obama’s “biggest single success” in his “five year long push to secure the world’s most
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has confirmed that it is “beyond reasonable doubt” that flight MH370 “ended in the Southern Indian Ocean.” He said that new data from Inmarsat and the UK Air Accidents Investigation’s Branch shed new light on
The former Chief of the UK Naval Staff, Lord West of Spithead, has said that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry did not understand the history of Crimea before speaking out on the issue, and that the European Union was
UKIP has today announced that it will be holding its annual conference at Doncaster Racecourse on Friday September 26 and Saturday September 27. The venue is a stone’s throw from Ed Miliband’s North Doncaster Constituency. In a statement released by
Five Labour Councillors have been deselected in Middlesbrough for opposing “Stalinist” Mayor Ray Mallon. Pervaz Khan, Sajaad Khan, Len Junier, Derek Loughborough and John McPartland have all been told they are not suitable to run in next year’s local elections.
A court in Egypt convicted 529 supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi and sentenced them to death on charges of murdering a policeman and attacking police. The verdicts followed one of the largest mass trials in the country in decades.
France’s Front National has made historic gains in town hall elections. The first national elections since François Hollande became president saw the incumbent Socialists suffer heavy losses, while the main opposition UMP failed to do as well it would have
A Chinese plane searching for the missing Malaysia Airways MH370 flight has spotted “suspicious” objects floating in the Indian Ocean, according to state media. The Xinhua news agency reports that searchers found two “relatively big” objects, and “many white smaller
The BBC is no stranger to accusations of left-wing political bias but Newsnight’s new Economics Correspondent may be the most controversial appointment yet. Predictably, Duncan Weldon is a former Labour adviser, who currently works at the Trades’ Union Congress, but
Who knows who Chris Davies MEP is? No one? Fair enough. It’s not surprising really. Another Liberal Democrat suckling at the taxpayer teat in Brussels, hopefully soon to be ousted by a surging UKIP, or quite frankly… anyone. But in
De Morgen – the Belgian newspaper which this weekend sparked outrage after publishing pictures of Barack and Michelle Obama looking like apes, is owned by the wealthy Van Thillo family, and led by Duke University graduate Chrisitian Van Thillo, the firm’s
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish fighter jets shot down a Syrian warplane after it violated Turkey’s airspace Sunday, Turkey’s prime minister said, in a move likely to ramp up tensions between the two countries already deeply at odds over Syria’s civil
PARIS (AP) — Voters across France are casting ballots in the first round of municipal elections Sunday as two female candidates compete to run Paris City Hall and far right candidates are hoping for a strong showing. The voting is
The people of Venice and its surrounding region have voted to split from Italy, with 89 percent favouring independence. The referendum, which took place online over a period of five days, saw a turnout of 73 percent, with just 11
