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Salmond and Farage clash after run-in with Scottish protesters
Scottish first minister Alex Salmond has brushed aside calls by Nigel Farage for him to condemn protesters who forced the UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader to flee a pub in Edinburgh yesterday. Nigel Farage, who eventually left the scene by police escort, has described [Read More]
EU polls suggests homophobic abuse still a cause for concern
The European Union’s (EU) Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) have conducted their largest survey throughout Europe’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, seeing 93,000 participants from the 27 member states and Croatia answer over 150 questions [Read More]
Anti-UKIP protests cause Farage to flee
The leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) Nigel Farage faced a swarm of protesters yesterday as he left a pub in Edinburgh. Demonstrators protesting outside the Canon’s Gait pub, where Mr Farage was holding a press conference, chanted “UKIP scum, off our [Read More]
Iran bans female candidates running for President in June elections
Female candidates have been banned from running in the presidential elections in Iran this year, according to a report. Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, a clerical member of the Guardian Council, Iran’s constitutional watchdog group, yesterday remarked how “the constitution [Read More]
Ceiling collapse kills workers in Cambodian shoe factory
At least two people have been killed and nine injured after the ceiling of a shoe factory, the Wing Star, in the southern province of Kampong Speu in Cambodia, collapsed Thursday morning. The local district police chief, Khen Pannara, stated: “The ceiling collapsed as it [Read More]
Michael Gove declares desire to be the “heir to Blair” as speculation over Tory leadership reignites
Michael Gove, the secretary of state for education, told MPs on the Education Select Committee earlier in the week that he was a “great fan” of former Labour prime minister, Tony Blair. Echoing a phrase first coined by David Cameron as part of his attempt to modernise [Read More]
Nigeria in a state of emergency
Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan last night declared a state of emergency across three states in the north of Nigeria in response to “Islamist rebellion”. The declaration was made on state radio and television networks with the president saying extra troops would be [Read More]
Syrian rebel videoed eating the heart of a soldier
In a ghastly video filmed in Syria, Free Syrian Army rebel commander, Abu Sakkar, was seen cutting organs out of a dead soldier and biting into his heart. The video, which has been posted on the internet, shows Sakkar addressing the camera while standing over the dead body [Read More]
International sanctions against North Korea are working
North Korea’s ability to progress its nuclear weapons programme is being successfully stymied by international sanctions, according to a recent United Nations (UN) report. The report, complied by the UN sanctions-monitoring group, said that funding for North Korea’s [Read More]
Theresa May declares war on police killers
British home secretary, Theresa May, has announced that those convicted of killing a police officer are to face compulsory whole-life sentences. Speaking at the Police Federation conference in Bournemouth, Mrs May called the murder of a police officer “a particularly [Read More]
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