Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond accepted a watch worth £1,950 from one of Saudi Arabia’s richest men over the summer despite a ban on ministers accepting gifts worth more than £140. Saudi billionaire... Read more »
Prime Minister David Cameron will urge business to tackle climate change when he meets world leaders in Paris, claiming it is too big for governments to fight alone. However, his government has... Read more »
Belfast High Court has ruled that Northern Ireland’s outright ban on abortion even in cases of rape and incest is “incompatible with human rights.” The watershed judgment, delivered on Monday, may pave... Read more »
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has accused Prime Minister David Cameron of “bulldozing” ahead with a vote on extending airstrikes from Iraq into Syria because his case for war is weak. MPs will... Read more »
After nearly two years of the National Football League banning guns at its games, the largest police union in the country wants an exemption. More armed off-duty or retired officers would mitigate... Read more »
A document released by the courts over the FBI’s use of National Security Letters (NSLs) and gag orders show the agency used secret interpretations of the Patriot Act to demand extensive access... Read more »
Three-hundred-and-fifty-one mass shootings have been added to a crowd-sourced database in the last 334 days. Some Reddit users are compiling news stories of shootings in which at least four people were injured... Read more »
Street art trolls Paris climate conference as report says event itself to emit ‘300,000 tons of CO2’
Over 600 ‘Brandalism’ art installations have called out sponsors of the UN conference on climate change in Paris, accusing companies and politicians of being part of the problem. Reports estimate the summit... Read more »
The Paris terror attacks have prompted Belgium to call for a unified European intelligence agency that would share information to nip future threats in the bud. The idea has been met with... Read more »
Russia has received additional intelligence confirming that oil from deposits controlled by Islamic State is moved through Turkey on an industrial scale, said Vladimir Putin. President Recep Erdogan said he will resign... Read more »