
Police in France have banned ‘dangerous’ Halloween costumes featuring fake guns and knives. The development comes after a teenage boy dressed as the fictional character Mr T caused a major terror scare. At a time when France is still
by Liam Deacon1 Nov 2015, 6:49 AM PST0

A German evangelical priest has offered his parish church up to become migrant housing, but will be stripping out most of the fittings to ensure their comfort – including all symbols of Christianity. Father Joachim Deterding, parish priest of the evangelical Königshardt-Schmachtendorf
by Oliver Lane1 Nov 2015, 6:06 AM PST0

A number of arrests were made last night at an illegal rave witch descended into a street riot. Revellers charged police, set bins alight and even threw a suspected petrol bomb. Police spent six hours trying to close down the ‘Scumoween’ rave on
by Liam Deacon1 Nov 2015, 4:53 AM PST0

PARIS (Reuters) – Far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s approval rating has risen among those voters who describe themselves as right wing, one month ahead of regional elections, a BVA institute survey showed. Le Pen, who is set to win control
by Reuters1 Nov 2015, 4:04 AM PST0

(AFP) – More than 54 million Turks are eligible to cast their votes in a snap election Sunday called following an inconclusive vote in June. After a deadly bombing in Ankara and a resurgence in the Kurdish conflict, opinion polls
by AFP1 Nov 2015, 3:03 AM PST0

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — The latest developments after a Russian passenger plane crashed in a remote part of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula after taking off from a popular Red Sea resort, killing all 224 people on board (all times local).
by AP1 Nov 2015, 1:55 AM PST0

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Somalia’s Islamic extremists attacked a hotel at dawn Sunday in the capital, Mogadishu, killing at least nine people and injuring 10, a police official said. The attack started at daybreak when a suicide bomber detonated a
by AP1 Nov 2015, 1:51 AM PST0

BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — Libya’s internationally recognized government says Italian vessels entered the country’s territorial waters without permission and vowed to use “all means” to protect its sovereignty. It says three Italian vessels were spotted off the coast of the
by AP1 Nov 2015, 1:46 AM PST0

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turks headed to the polls Sunday for the second time in five months in a crucial election that will determine whether the ruling party can restore the parliamentary majority it enjoyed for 13 years. The contest
by AP1 Nov 2015, 1:43 AM PST0

Today, as you’re all probably aware, is World Vegan Day. But have you stopped to think what that actually means?
by James Delingpole31 Oct 2015, 6:09 PM PST0

The newly elected conservative government of Portugal is at risk of being toppled just 11 days after taking office. The President has warned that, were that to happen, Portugal will be “uncontrollable”. Portugal shows striking signs of following Greece down the
by Donna Rachel Edmunds31 Oct 2015, 8:59 AM PST0

BERLIN (AFP) – Some 50 people at a German migrant shelter engaged in a violent brawl overnight, hurling chairs and beating each other with table legs, leaving six people injured, police said Saturday. The punch-up, which took place in the northern town
by AFP31 Oct 2015, 8:55 AM PST0

The United Nations does not view Spain’s separatist-ruled Catalonia region as having the right to self-determination, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said in an interview published Saturday. “Spain is an independent and sovereign country that includes the Catalan region,” Ban told
by AFP31 Oct 2015, 8:32 AM PST0

Organisers of the UN-sponsored Cop21 climate conference in Paris have less than a month left to prepare for an event they confidently claim will produce a new roadmap to stop “catastrophic global warming”. They must welcome tens of thousands of participants to
by Simon Kent31 Oct 2015, 8:20 AM PST0

Sweden is facing collapse thanks to the recent huge influx of migrants into the country, the Swedish foreign minister has said. As 190,000 migrants this year alone pour into the country, law and order is beginning to break down as
by Donna Rachel Edmunds31 Oct 2015, 7:36 AM PST0

Britain’s Chancellor will outline how he wants to protect London’s financial services industry in a reformed European Union (EU) when he travels to Germany next week. Prime Minister David Cameron is trying to convince other EU leaders to agree to
by Reuters31 Oct 2015, 7:33 AM PST0

Norway’s bishops have given the go-ahead to gay church weddings after a poll described by campaigners as an “historic breakthrough”. The vote will need to be ratified by the church synod next spring, but paves the way for the first gay weddings to
by Donna Rachel Edmunds31 Oct 2015, 6:13 AM PST0

Shaker Aamer, the last British resident to be held at Guantanamo Bay, arrived on UK soil yesterday after 13 years at the U.S. detention camp. His repatriation came via a chartered jet that cost taxpayers as much as £70,000 and now the
by Simon Kent31 Oct 2015, 6:07 AM PST0

Pupils at a primary school are to be given lessons in transgenderism to prepare them for a staff member’s male to female transition. The children, aged between four and 11 years old, are already being encouraged to accept his change through lessons
by Donna Rachel Edmunds31 Oct 2015, 5:10 AM PST0

A year after Jean-Claude Juncker took charge of what he called the “last chance” European Commission, his plans to win back sceptical voters have been partly sidelined by existential threats like the migrant and Greek crises, analysts say. The former
by AFP31 Oct 2015, 4:55 AM PST0

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called an emergency meeting of coalition leaders after Bavarian Premier Horst Seehofer demanded she stem the flow of migrants entering the country. The meeting is set to turn on new initiatives for controlling the flood and deal
by Simon Kent31 Oct 2015, 4:43 AM PST0

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s biggest-selling newspaper the Sun is to take down its online paywall, after the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid failed to win enough readers in the latest troubled digital experiment for a traditional publisher. The scrapping of the online
by Reuters31 Oct 2015, 3:55 AM PST0

The European Union’s competition regulator launched a probe on Friday into the proposed sale of Telefonica’s O2 unit to a Hong Kong investment company that would create Britain’s biggest mobile operator. The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, said it
by AFP31 Oct 2015, 3:47 AM PST0

Anything is possible in the liberal, progressive, multicultural paradise of Sweden. Including, it seems, pornography for the blind. An edgy artist from the Nordic nation has created an X-rated brail book for the visually impaired, featuring a “diverse” range of
by Liam Deacon31 Oct 2015, 2:41 AM PST0

I’m afraid I can’t stop thinking about Dr Jack Monroe’s breasts. I know that as an ex-lesbian-turned-self-declared-trans-activist this probably isn’t what she wants to hear from a middle aged cis-gendered male. I know she’s not a real doctor, it’s just an honorary
by James Delingpole31 Oct 2015, 1:57 AM PST0