Tens of thousands of Basques held hands in a 76-mile long human chain on Sunday in a demonstration to demand the Spanish government allow let them to vote to break away and form their own country, according to an AFP
Opponents of Scottish independence must match the emotion of the nationalist campaign in the 100 days left until the referendum, former British finance minister Alistair Darling said on Monday. Darling urged the “quiet but resolute majority” of Scots to play
The Basque separatist group Gure Esku Dago (“It Is in Our Hands”) organized a human chain that connected the northern city of Pamplona to Durango, Biscay. The controversial move has been condemned by Spanish authorities for the use of children
With 100 days to go until Scotland votes on whether to leave the United Kingdom, Sky News has reported that the British government asked President Barack Obama to weigh into the debate. At the G7 summit in Brussels last Friday the
Violence is still raging in east Ukraine. Videos and pictures on social media show the Ukrainian army battling the pro-Russians in Slaviansk, while the AFP reports a soldier claims the Luhansk international airport received its “worst rebel attack.” The man,
Scottish musicians, poets, writers and actors are too afraid to declare that they are voting ‘no’ in the forthcoming independence referendum due to the amount of abuse they face from fanatical nationalists. Composer James MacMillan made the claim on Twitter
Unlike Bowe Bergdahl, the Greatest Generation served with “real honor and distinction.” And former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said Americans are justified in their anger after seeing the federal government disrespecting them — and other veterans — by withholding health
Barack Obama has urged Scotland to remain a part of the United Kingdom, and also called for the UK to remain a part of the European Union, in an intervention that is likely to draw mixed responses within Britain. The
Friday is the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings of Allied troops in Normandy, the largest amphibious invasion in history and a turning point in World War II. Here are some of the events planned around the United States and
Following its stunning victory in the European elections, Britain’s anti-EU party is targeting a first parliamentary seat, starting with Thursday’s by-election in central England. The prospect of a UKIP victory in the market town of Newark is sowing panic among
Yuri Kochiyama, a political and social activist who triggered reparations being paid to Japanese-Americans who were interned during World War II, died in Berkeley, California on Sunday at the age of 93. Kochiyama’s most famous moment came when she held
Parents are winning the battle against Common Core federal education standards. Not only are states leaving the program; politicians who support Common Core have felt the heat in recent elections. Michelle Malkin says the defeat of several Common Core supporters
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s King Juan Carlos, who led Spain’s transition from dictatorship to democracy but faced royal scandals amid the nation’s near financial meltdown, announced Monday he will abdicate in favor of his son, making way for a “new
On Friday, Gov. Jan Brewer (R) announced that Arizona will withdraw from the increasingly controversial Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), a Common Core test consortium, of which it is a governing state. As azcentral.com reports,
East Ukraine is a mess, and now it is taking a toll on religions. Catholic Bishop Marian Buczek said Catholics are too scared to attend Mass in Donetsk and Luhansk. “Local Catholics are living in conditions of great danger —
Following last week’s local elections, 32 local councils were left with no one party able to control the council. Of these, a fifth (seven councils in total*) would have a working majority if UKIP and Conservatives were able to come
Box Office: ‘Maleficent” Surges, “A Million Ways to Die in the West” Aims for $20 Million The Thursday night numbers are in. Disney’s “Maleficent” hauled in an impressive $4.2 million, which is even better than the awful Disney blockbusters “Alice
The founder and president of the Coalition of African American Pastors (CAAP) says he was “shocked” at some of the ideas presented in Politico‘s recent magazine piece by Randall Balmer entitled “The Real Origins of the Religious Right.” Rev. William
Footballer Joey Barton, who will appear on tonight’s BBC Question Time, has praised the UK Independence Party and said that its rise is due to the Conservative Party’s failure to “get its act together”. The Queens Park Rangers player who
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond was yesterday forced to admit that an independent Scotland could find itself deeper in debt than the rest of the UK after he had to ditch the oil revenue forecasts on which his plans for
(AFP) Egypt’s ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was headed on Thursday for an overwhelming victory in a presidential election touted as a plebiscite on his ouster of the elected Islamist leader last year. With almost 15 percent of polling stations
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities scrambled to rescue the country’s presidential election from the embarrassment of low voter turnout, but few people trickled to the polls Wednesday even after the balloting was extended for a third day. A low turnout
(Reuters) – Britain’s major cinema chains have banned all adverts on the Scottish independence referendum after customers inundated them with complaints, the Guardian reported late Tuesday.
Historically, there were two ways to get rich: hard work and inheritance, apart from hitting the jackpot or robbing a bank of course. Now, in a world of ethically challenged public servants, there is another way – public service. Inheritance,
The German wife of British eurosceptic leader Nigel Farage revealed Tuesday she fears his pub-loving lifestyle is taking its toll on his health, and defended her role as his taxpayer-funded secretary. Kirsten Farage, wife of the leader of the UK
