A British-Iranian woman who was arrested in Tehran after trying to attend a volleyball match has been sentenced to one year in jail, her lawyer was reported as saying Sunday. Ghoncheh Ghavami, a 25-year-old law graduate from London, who was
A £100,000 bronze statue representing in monumental form the modern British family was unveiled outside Birmingham’s new central library this week and has been enthusiastically welcomed by some for featuring two single mothers, one heavily pregnant, and no father at
US troops ordered to aid in construction of Ebola treatment centers in Liberia will be subjected to a 21-day quarantine upon their departure from west Africa. That quarantine will take effect in Italy, where local legislators are outraged that the
Sources inside Spain’s military have reportedly told a Spanish newspaper that only a handful of the country’s Eurofighter Typhoon jets are fully operational and that semi-retired F-18 aircraft are being called back into full service to meet NATO commitments. According
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest distanced the Obama administration from a military decision to isolate soldiers who served in Liberia for 21 days. According to a CBS report, 11 soldiers including Maj. Gen. Darryl Williams are being monitored in
A suburb of Turin, Italy is considering running a new ‘gypsy only’ bus after a spike in violence has sparked protests among the natives, who complain they are attacked, spat upon and robbed by travellers using the service. The mayor
A Belgian chocolate maker that changed its name to ISIS last year has realised it made a disastrous decision after customers stopped buying its products, An Nahar reports. Italo Suisse went for the new name since it had no link
After ongoing complaints of pickpocketing and aggression from gypsies, the mayor of Borgaro, Italy, has forced the local bus company to offer a dedicated route for gypsies to separate them from other passengers. “It’s not racism; it’s just a way
Pope Francis’ provocative statements on criminal law have reopened a heated debate in Italy over the effectiveness and morality of life sentences. In an address to a delegation of the International Association of Penal Law last Thursday, Pope Francis first
We need a revolution, and we need it immediately. Yes, I am calling for every good citizen to be part of this revolution. Not the kind where blood is shed. No, I am not advocating us taking up arms. What I am calling
Madonna, who has made a career flouting conventions, customs, and Catholicism cannot be too happy to see her iconic song, “Like a Virgin,” converted into a prayer by the celebrity nun from Italy, Suor Cristina Scuccia. The 26-year-old Suor Cristina
The legalisation of civil partnerships for homosexual couples will be debated on the floor of the Italian Senate by January at the latest, the Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has announced. His announcement follows fierce fighting over the matter as
Europe faces yet another recession, and the prospect is shaking global financial markets. To eliminate the persistent threat of collapse, Europe must drop the euro, and Germany must abandon mercantilism. When the euro was adopted in 1999, domestic prices, the
Four out of five hospitals are unsafe, a new report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found, with too many providers not getting to grips with the basics of safety. The commission laid the blame on poor leadership, saying
CALAIS, France – The Mayor of Calais, Natacha Bouchart, has called on the British government to assist with the latest in a long line of immigration problems faced by the town. The thousands who gather around the busy port aren’t
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian officials accused Albania on Wednesday of a deliberate political provocation after a drone flew an Albanian nationalist banner over a stadium in Belgrade during a soccer match between the two Balkan rivals, sparking violence between
Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi opened the October 7 press conference saying the conference organizers asked him to issue a declaration regarding the press reports about the new Vatican discussion document–which they said would liberalize the church’s standards–had “misrepresented” it. Lombardi
Italian calls for more assistance in dealing with the flood of migration, predominantly from North and sub-Saharan Africa have been answered with a new campaign by FRONTEX, the EU’s external border organisation according to the BBC. The EU Agency says
The UK is set to lose its veto on the EU budget at the end of this month as controversial elements of the Lisbon Treaty are put onto the statute books. On the 31st October, 43 major policy areas will
VATICAN CITY, Vatican– Today, the Vatican released the controversial compilation document that will guide the Synod of Bishops next year. The document was put together by a committee and was intended as a distillation of the speeches given by Bishops
I wonder whether Shell has yet sacked whichever pillock it was who advised them a few years back to sponsor the Guardian’s ferociously anti-fossil-fuel, anti-capitalist, anti-Shell Environment pages? Knowing the craven, slippery, self-hating ways of Big Oil as I do,
A number of Italian mayors have vowed to defy an order from the interior ministry, banning gay marriages conducted abroad from being registered in Italy. The order came from Angelino Alfano, the interior minister on Tuesday, but mayors across the
Migrants living rough near the port of Calais in France have turned down free food hand-outs, claiming the food on offer was not spicy enough for their tastes in an incident branded “very disappointing” by charity workers. A small group
When an Argentinian visitor, we will call him Pedro, fractured his ankle in Oxford St, an ambulance was at his side in five minutes. The latest in splints was applied and he was soon in a well- equipped Accident and
A turnout of some ten-thousand pro-family demonstrators filled the main squares of 100 Italian cities from north to south yesterday, only to meet with violent aggression from pro-gay activists, which sent several to the hospital. The movement called Standing Sentries
