Syrian civil war: Can Assad's regime survive the onslaught from Isis and...
It’s a dangerous equation in the Syrian war that the further you are from Damascus, the more Bashar al-Assad’s regime seems doomed. And the more you drive around the vast area still held by government...
View ArticlePalestinians baffled by decision to appoint Tony Blair to chair European...
Tony Blair’s globetrotting brand of peace has taken another unexpected step. In Jerusalem, where he kept an office as impartial envoy to Arab states for the Quartet, there was bafflement at his...
View ArticleBritish government condemns Israel’s 'forced resettlement' of ethnic minority...
Israeli moves to forcibly resettle Bedouin ethnic minority groups as part of a scheme to build Jewish settlements in the West Bank are deeply concerning, the British government has said. Ministers and...
View ArticleYou could now face 10 years in an Israeli prison for throwing stones
Protestors who throw stones in Israel could face up to 10 years behind bars, following a crucial vote yesterday. The bill would mean that people in Israel could be imprisoned for a maximum for 10 years...
View ArticleSyrian civil war: Damascus clings to normal life amid the chaos of conflict
In Homs, the war destroyed the old city and left many of the modern suburbs intact. In Aleppo, to which the war came late – many of its proud merchant families believed that its educated population and...
View ArticleFormer NFL cheerleader Molly Shattuck pleads guilty to raping 15-year-old boy
A former NFL cheerleader has pleaded guilty to raping a 15-year-old boy. Molly Shattuck, 48, who became the oldest cheerleader in NFL history when she joined the Baltimore Ravens in 2005 at the age of...
View ArticleMathieu Bastareaud: France rugby player reveals he tried to kill himself...
Mathieu Bastareaud has revealed how he tried to take his life in 2009 after drinking heavily and becoming depressed when he saw people criticising him on the internet. The France international has...
View ArticleUAE to release 879 prisoners on eve of Ramadan as a 'humanitarian gesture'
The President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has ordered the release of 879 prisoners from across the country on the eve of the Holy Month of Ramadan, according to state news agency WAM. The inmates...
View ArticleMan killed outside Tower Bridge nightclub 'was attempting to break up fight'
A young man died when he attempted to break up a fight outside a nightclub near Tower Bridge, according to friends. Tommy Blackmore, 20, was found by emergency services as his friends sought to revive...
View ArticleFormer British boxing champion Anthony Small 'planned to join Isis'
A former British boxing champion planned to travel to Syria to fight with Isis, a court has heard. Anthony Small, 33, who won both the British and Commonwealth light middleweight championships in 2009,...
View ArticleIsraeli strikes at Gaza Strip after rocket attacks from Hamas rival the Omar...
Israeli aircraft struck the Gaza Strip yesterday after the latest in a series of Palestinian rocket attacks that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the international community of...
View Article'Cheeky' thieves board-up London train station to steal cash machine during...
Hundreds of commuters were left stranded this morning at Enfield Chase station in north London when criminals posing as builders boarded-up the entrance and tried to steal a cash machine. Police say...
View ArticleManhunt underway after pregnant woman in her 20s found stabbed to death in...
A manhunt was underway after a pregnant woman in her 20s was found stabbed to death in a house in Bradford. Police said they were treating her murder as a “domestic-related incident”. Bradford’s...
View ArticleControversial citizenship law that bans Palestinians married to Israelis from...
Israel's Knesset has extended a law that bans Palestinians married to Israelis from living with their spouses in Israel for another year. The law was first passed in 2003 and extended in 2008, and...
View ArticleIsraeli defence minister on prospect of peace with Palestinians says 'not in...
The Israeli defence minister has expanded on a bleak assessment from President Barack Obama on the prospect of peace with the Palestinians, saying there won’t be an end to the conflict “in my...
View ArticleIsis in Libya: Jihadists take group of six-year-old children to watch...
The Isis militant group executed a captive postal worker and displayed his head before a group of children as young as six. Images shared by supporters of Isis in Libya showed a man in an orange...
View ArticleFifa corruption scandal: Qatar claims no one has died on 2022 World Cup...
The Qatari government has issued an extraordinary rebuttal to claims that its winning the right to host the 2022 World Cup will come at the cost of thousands of migrant workers’ lives. Fifa’s decision...
View ArticleYemen car bombs: Isis claims responsibility
At least 50 people have been killed or injured after a series of car bombs exploded in Yemen. The bombs went off yesterday near mosques and the Houthi group’s headquarters in the city of Sanaa, Reuters...
View ArticleWhy are there pockets of sympathy for Isis in some parts of modern Britain?
The biggest question that has hung over the disappearance of these British mothers and their children is what could possibly have motivated them. Why would a parent believe that they and their children...
View ArticleKeith Broomfield: Family of first US citizen killed fighting against Isis say...
The family of the first American citizen known to have killed fighting against Isis, said he was inspired to act after watching media coverage of their atrocities and killings. Reports said that the...
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