
The head of Greater Manchester Police is facing calls for his resignation after protestors at the Conservative Party Conference hurled anti-Semitic abuse at Jewish delegates while officers stood by. Criticism has been mounting over the policing of the event, thanks
by Donna Rachel Edmunds9 Oct 2015, 7:16 AM PST0

The Bavarian president has spoken in uncompromising terms about “emergency measures” for self defence, including migrant turnbacks, but his suggestions have angered senior figures in Berlin and Vienna. No stranger to controversy, Bavarian premier Horst Seehofer is the leader of German
by Oliver Lane9 Oct 2015, 7:11 AM PST0

LONDON, United Kingdom – Hundreds of Muslims flocked to Parliament Square today under the guise of acting against climate change. The demonstration saw a speech by an Imam, about how Muslims have a duty to try to “make Britain a
by Raheem Kassam9 Oct 2015, 6:22 AM PST0

Fewer than one in 10 of the 311,000 working-age migrants in Germany have applied for work permits since the start of the year, the country’s Federal Employment Agency (BA) has revealed. Since the beginning of 2015, just 17,401 migrants have
by Nick Hallett9 Oct 2015, 4:46 AM PST0

The Dutch Party for Freedom founder Geert Wilders is to attend the launch of Australian Liberty Alliance (ALA), a political party modelled on his own. The decision to grant the Dutch MP a visa to Australia was cleared by the immigration
by Simon Kent9 Oct 2015, 4:04 AM PST0

ROME (AP) — An Italian police aircraft carrying 19 Eritreans took off from Rome’s Ciampino airport Friday, bringing the first refugees to Sweden under the European Union’s (EU) new resettlement program aimed at redistributing asylum-seekers from hard-hit receiving countries. The
by AP9 Oct 2015, 3:18 AM PST0

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Lengthy airport-style security measures will not be introduced on high-speed international rail lines, EU transport ministers agreed on Thursday, but train staff should get more training to be prepared for possible attacks. Meeting in Luxembourg for the
by Reuters9 Oct 2015, 3:07 AM PST0

OSLO, Norway – Tunisia’s National Dialogue Quartet won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its contribution to building democracy after the Jasmine Revolution in 2011, the Nobel Committee said. The quartet is made up of the Tunisian General Labour Union
by Reuters9 Oct 2015, 3:00 AM PST0

Australia said Friday it is in talks with the Philippines to send refugees there, but refused to confirm reports of a Aus$150 million (US$109 million) deal to expand its controversial resettlement policy. Under Australia’s hardline policy to stop asylum-seeker boats
by AFP9 Oct 2015, 2:29 AM PST0

The Independent newspaper – owned by Russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev and edited by the former UK government employee Amol Rajan – has urged the pro European Union camp to smear Eurosceptics as “far right xenophobes” in a desperate bid to
by Raheem Kassam9 Oct 2015, 2:13 AM PST0

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — India has demanded answers from Saudi Arabia after a maid there reportedly had her hand chopped off while trying to escape being harassed by her employer. The Twitter account of Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma
by AP9 Oct 2015, 2:09 AM PST0

LONDON (AP) — London’s Royal Free Hospital says a nurse who recovered from Ebola last year is being treated for an unusual late complication of the infection. A military aircraft flew Pauline Cafferkey from her home in Scotland to London
by AP9 Oct 2015, 1:50 AM PST0

For the first time in 25 years, the French President and German Chancellor, now Hollande and Merkel, came to address the European Parliament in Strasbourg. The feeling was very different to those days when Kohl and Mitterand, monsters that they
by Nigel Farage MEP9 Oct 2015, 1:42 AM PST0

A Hungarian photographer was hit by a barrage of online abuse after publishing a migrant crisis-inspired fashion shoot on his website. The offending gallery has now been removed. Predictably, Twitter went into meltdown. People said the shoot was “disgraceful,” “vile,”
by Liam Deacon9 Oct 2015, 1:22 AM PST0

SYDNEY, Australia – Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull called for calm on Friday as police prepared for clashes between protesters at a planned rally outside a Sydney mosque that was attended by a teenager who killed a police officer a week
by Reuters9 Oct 2015, 12:50 AM PST0

European Union (EU) governments agreed on Thursday to step up deportations of illegal immigrants and discussed creating an EU border force among measures to cope with hundreds of thousands of refugees from Syria’s civil war. Underlining the havoc brought by
by Reuters9 Oct 2015, 12:37 AM PST0

A rushed launch tonight for the awkwardly named ‘Vote Leave Take Control’ eurosceptic campaign tonight, with the added bonus of one of their founding members leaving the group just minutes after the BBC-briefed announcement: Blimey – within minutes Lord Harris has
by Raheem Kassam8 Oct 2015, 4:04 PM PST0

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain needs to quit the European Union to reclaim its sovereignty, a group of business leaders and lawmakers said on Thursday, launching a campaign to persuade Britons to vote to leave the bloc at an upcoming referendum.
by Reuters8 Oct 2015, 3:30 PM PST0

Two Italian senators said to have made gestures suggestive of oral sex to an opposing female colleague during a debate in parliament have been suspended by the Senate’s speaker. Speaker Pietro Grasso took the action against Lucio Barani and Vincenzo d’Anna after receiving complaints about
by Sarkis Zeronian8 Oct 2015, 10:49 AM PST0

A Bradford based charity will now only be helping genuine refugees near Syria after they woke up to the fact that those in the Calais “Jungle” camp are almost exclusively fit young men, who are “happy” to be there and
by Liam Deacon8 Oct 2015, 10:30 AM PST0

The Prime Minister David Cameron’s attempts to reach out to Labour voters has suffered a humiliating blow. It has emerged that a voter he quoted during his party conference speech this week, as an example of someone who had been
by Donna Rachel Edmunds8 Oct 2015, 10:25 AM PST0

Britain’s Defence Secretary has announced another deployment of British forces to Eastern Europe in a move that is sure to further sour relations between Russia and her Western neighbours. Although the deployment is small – 100 men deployed between Poland,
by Oliver Lane8 Oct 2015, 9:56 AM PST0

LONDON, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Billionaire U.S. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump took his long battle against windfarms near his Scottish golf course to the UK Supreme Court on Thursday. The property mogul – who says plans for 11 offshore
by Reuters8 Oct 2015, 9:38 AM PST0

A record number of demonstrators turned out yesterday to support a protest led by Alternative for Germany (AfD) against German asylum policy. Police in attendance estimated as many as 8,000 people joined the rally in Erfurt, reports news weekly Der
by Sarkis Zeronian8 Oct 2015, 9:36 AM PST0

A French television station has been forced to withdraw an advert designed to promote its female friendly credentials – because the ad was deemed to be ‘sexist’ by feminists on Twitter. The ad campaign, which was scheduled to run for
by Donna Rachel Edmunds8 Oct 2015, 9:22 AM PST0