Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder has strongly criticised his successor’s handling of the migrant crisis, accusing Angela Merkel of having “no plan” in dealing with the influx. In an interview with Handelsblatt, the former Social Democrat chancellor accused Ms Merkel
Appearing on state-owned Russia Today, failed three time GOP presidential candidate and former Congressman Ron Paul accused the United States of seeking to profit from the crisis in Ukraine as a way to assist American ’empire building’ and to promote
The office of the European Union’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has denied that the EU boss was forced to wear a hijab at meetings held in Iran alongside Mohammad Javad Zarif, her Iranian counterpart. Though the meetings were criticised
A Sinn Fein Councillor has suggested a bomb should be placed under the headquarters of the Northern Irish Housing Executive, ‘metaphorically speaking of course’. The comments came from Cllr Stephen Huggett at meeting of Fermanagh District Council, according to the
Al Qaeda have announced the launch of a new English-language magazine, Resurgence, on one of their YouTube channels. The video announcing the launch uses the words of Malcolm X to justify violent struggle, and combines images of George W Bush
The estimate for Cuadrilla’s shale gas resource in England’s north-west Bowland Shale formation has just received another significant boost. After conducting further studies, a company geologist now puts the deposit at around 330 trillion cubic feet (tcf); an increase of
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown will today emerge from semi-retirement and outline a new vision of the British constitution if Scotland votes against independence in September. He is said to want to play a major role in the remainder of
UK unemployment fell by 125,000 in the three months to December, putting the overall total at 2.35 million. The figures released today by the Office for National Statistics show unemployment is now 7.2 percent. Also the level of employment grew
Hezbollah fighters battling Syrian rebels have seen their death toll rise significantly over the past few days. As they fight alongside the Syrian army to retake the town of Yabroud, they have suffered the loss of 15 fighters so far
An interesting week last week saw February non-farm payrolls beat expectations, potentially suggesting that the US recovery is on a firm footing in the medium term. Similar to the UK, however, we saw that the unemployment rate actually went up
64 percent of the British public oppose deploying Western troops to defend Ukraine from Russia, while 59 percent also oppose sending military aid to the Ukrainian government. The figures, published by YouGov for the Sunday Times, also show that 38
More than a third of big businesses in Scotland would consider leaving the country if it votes for independence in September. The figures published in the Mail on Sunday show that 38.6 percent of major firms would consider relocating outside
One week before his scheduled meeting with President Obama, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has staked out assorted maximalist positions relating to negotiations with Israel, decreasing the odds of any accord being reached. In statements in recent days, Abbas rejected
The White House appeared to double down on its policy of engagement with Iran following Wednesday’s dramatic pre-dawn high seas capture of an Iranian missile cache destined for Hamas by Israeli naval commandos. Senior administration officials worked quickly to prevent the raid
I tend to disagree with most of the reasons people put forward for why they don’t like UKIP. The party is racist, they say. Yes of course it has far too many members with horrible views, but I do think
An extremist preacher could face prosecution after driving a van emblazoned with radical Islamist logos through a busy London high street, The Sunday Times reports. The “Al Qaeda van” stunt was staged by Anjem Choudary and his followers in a
The people of the Communist state of North Korea are today invited to elect deputies to the 13th Supreme People’s Assembly. A total of 687 deputies will be elected from single-member constituencies, and will serve five-year terms in the country’s
Today’s Mail on Sunday claims that one of Britain’s top judges, Lord Justice Fulford, “actively campaigned” to support the Paedophile Information Exchange (PIE). They claim that he was supportive of the group even when it campaigned for the age of
At the same time the US State Department is relaxing entry requirements to visa applicants with Islamist terrorist connections, and reassuring President Putin of Russia that any sanctions against travel to the US placed upon those responsible for Russia’s invasion Ukraine
Ken Livingstone’s memoirs, which once retailed for £25, are being sold at a major discount retailer for just £1. The hardback book is a whopping 710 pages long, but despite its length and price, trade was not brisk at the
The planet is not in danger of catastrophic man made global warming. Even if we burn all the world’s recoverable fossil fuels it will still only result in a temperature rise of less than 1.2 degrees C. So say The
An Islamist militant group have issued an apology for a twin suicide bombing Lebanon that killed eight people, including children from a nearby orphanage. The Al Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades issued the rare statement on various militant websites, saying the
Failing to pay for a Television License, which is effectively a tax to pay for the BBC, will cease to be illegal under plans being considered by ministers. At the moment anyone who watches a TV in Britain but doesn’t
Iran has hanged 16 people as revenge for an attack near the Pakistani border. The New Straits Times reports that gunmen killed at least 14 border guards in the mountains of Sistan-Baluchestan in the southeast of the country. In retaliation,
