Former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat may have converted to Christianity before his death ten years ago, according to a prominent Christian writer and speaker. Dr RT Kendall told Premier Christianity magazine of how he struck up an unlikely friendship with
If the shale gas industry is to succeed in Britain, the government must relax regulations on the severity of tremors that fracking can cause, two academics have warned. They liken the current limit of 0.5 on the Richter scale to
Police forces in Britain are “struggling to cope” thanks to high levels of immigration, one of the country’s most senior police officers has warned. Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, Commissioner of London’s Metropolitan Police, said that officers face difficult challenges due to
The Court of Auditors’ report on the EU’s accounts for 2013 has been published this morning and provides further bad news for Brussels. According to
Syrian rebels who had been trained and armed by the United States defected to the al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria over the weekend and surrendered their weapons, according to various reports. The moderate Syrian rebels who were stormed by the al-Qaeda
Left-wing comedian Frankie Boyle has written an article in the left-wing Guardian explaining to his amen corner of left-wing readers that all his left-wing contemporaries who play left-wing comedy sets at left-wing comedy clubs, perform on left-wing TV panel shows
With control of congress, Republicans could push to lower taxes and repeal the Affordable Care Act, but President Obama has the veto. Instead, a new GOP majority could launch an all-out assault on federal abuses of regulatory powers to defend
During a recent visit to London, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri advocated for an expansion of the U.S.-led campaign against the Islamic State (ISIL/ISIS) to confront extremists causing havoc in North Africa, such as the Muslim Brotherhood. According to The Telegraph, Egypt
The Daily Telegraph has revealed that the Chancellor of the Exchequer failed to tell David Cameron about the £1.7bn bill which the European Commission demanded of Britain for having a growing economy. The Prime Minister issued a strong message to
The Spanish nursing assistant who was the first person infected with Ebola outside West Africa has been given the all clear, after tests to ascertain whether she still had the virus were negative. A second negative test will be required
An apparent attempt by Islamic State militants to kidnap a Syrian rebel leader within Turkey has been foiled, raising questions about Turkey’s ability to stop militants operating within its borders. The Telegraph reports that Abu Issa, who leads rebel group
Panic has swept through a luxury cruise liner following the discovery on board of a laboratory worker who handled clinical samples from Eric Duncan, a Liberian man who was the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States. The
An 80-foot green inflatable sculpture that looked like a sex toy was displayed at the Place Vendome in Paris this week before it was deflated by vandals. The artwork was supposed to have been part of the FIAC Art Fair,
During today’s segment of The View, co-host Rosie O’Donnell asked police to search John Grisham’s computer for child pornography after he defended curious men who might stumble upon inappropriate videos of children. O’Donnell said she was “horrified” and questioned his
It hasn’t been the easiest few months for David Cameron: he lost a national election to a party he dismissed as ‘fruitcakes, loonies and closest racists’ quickly followed by the departure of two of his popular MPs to the same
British police have foiled several terror attacks and arrested hundreds of suspects so far this year, a counter-terror chief has said. Mark Rowley, one of Britain’s most senior anti-terror officers, has said that police are dealing with an “exceptionally high”
American entertainment network E! has denied that its new show ‘The Royals’ is designed to mock Britain’s royal family. The show, which follows the exploits of a fictionalised royal family and stars Elizabeth Hurley as the conniving Queen Helena, William
There is a fresh bout of fear over the economies which form the eurozone area following the announcement of growth statistics by the International Monetary Fund. At its annual meeting in Washington the talk was of concern that the area
The government of Qatar has a senior al-Qaeda operative on its payroll, despite the United States’ designation of the individual as a terrorist, The Telegraph reports. In his role at Qatar’s Ministry of Interior, Salim Hasan Khalifa Rashid al-Kuwari has allegedly
Russia’s justice ministry has applied to the country’s supreme court to “liquidate” Memorial, Russia’s leading human rights organisation. The Nobel Peace Prize winning organisation has been a thorn in the side of the Kremlin for many years thanks to its
UPDATE: Madrid authorities have confirmed the dog has been euthanized. Excalibur is a 12-year-old rescue dog who currently resides in an apartment in Madrid. His owner, María Teresa Romero Ramos, is the first person known to have contracted Ebola outside of
The Board of Deputies of British Jews is demanding an investigation into why a Surrey vicar travelled to Tehran, Iran, to speak at a conference described by the Board as an “anti-Semitic hate fest”. Rev Dr Stephen Sizer has attracted
You’d be forgiven for not having scoured the latest release from the Margaret Thatcher Archives today – but the Telegraph has, noting 10 interesting points about the newest tranch of documents being distributed, from 1984. But one nugget that seems to
Dr Brooke Magnanti, whom we recently exposed both for sockpuppeting to smear other female writers and plagiarising Wikipedia in the Telegraph, has claimed she worked as a prostitute in London for eighteen months between 2003 and 2004. She wrote about this
The Islamic State’s goal of eradicating Christianity from its ancient home in northern Iraq is nearly complete, report Christian officials remaining in the area. According to one Vicar, last week marked the first time in millennia that Christians did not
