‘The anti austerity and anti water privatisation movements in the Republic of Ireland gathered momentum towards the end of 2014, culminating in large scale protests in the capital and many towns and cities around the […]

‘This past week, Haitians in Port-au-Prince were already grieving after at least 18 people died in a Carnaval stampede at around 2 a.m. on Feb. 17. Daniel “Fantom” Darius, the lead singer Barikad Crew, was […]

‘Emwazi is said to be the executioner in a number of ISIS videos, according to the U.S. government. The legitimacy of the beheading productions are disputed by experts. According to The Daily Mail, Emwazi claimed […]

‘Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has come back from the UAE, and is reported to have racked up nearly 20 contracts on the supply of weaponry to Ukraine. During his visit to Abu Dhabi, UAE on […]

‘An anti-government demonstration in downtown Kiev escalated in scuffles on Wednesday afternoon, with 1,000 people already taking part in the event. The clashes between National Guard troops, deployed near the central metro station Arsenalnaya, and […]

‘”A year or so on from the last coup in Ukraine, Ukraine’s former Prime Minister Sergey Arbuzov told TASS, with growing popular discontent, “another state coup can’t be ruled out in Ukraine.” As the cease-fire […]

‘Jimmy Savile abused 63 people connected to Stoke Mandeville Hospital, but one formal complaint was ignored, an independent report has found. It found Savile’s reputation as a “sex pest” was an “open secret” among some […]

‘The former Colorado police chief who led the investigation into the murder of six-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey has admitted that officers botched the initial handling of the crime scene. Mark Beckner, former chief of […]

‘The BBC allegedly wasted £500,000 on a documentary featuring ‘dynamite’ interviews with Princess Diana – but later shelved it because it did not want to upset the monarchy, it has been claimed. According to the […]

‘A Dumbarton lollipop man has been banned by the local council from “high-fiving” children as they cross the road. Nkosana Mdikane, 74, is known as “Scotland’s happiest lollipop man” due to his singing and dancing […]

‘The masked Islamic State militant known as “Jihadi John”, who has been pictured in the videos of the beheadings of Western hostages, has been named. He is Mohammed Emwazi, a Kuwaiti-born British man in his […]

‘The history of Europe is being taught to pupils in a ‘distorted’ way in order to promote the EU, a leading British historian has claimed. Professor David Abulafia, of Cambridge University, said the ‘soft push’ […]

‘The contents of a secret report by Israel’s Mossad spy agency on Iran’s nuclear programme leaked to the media this week are shocking and predictable in equal measure. Shocking because the report reveals that the […]

‘The Iranian nuclear program has brought Saudi Arabia and Israel closer, according to a report in Israeli media. Saudi Arabia has now offered to let Israeli fighter jets use its airspace to attack Iran when […]