Europe UK Parliament’s first steps for upper House reform The House of Commons voted last night to enable a Lords reform bill to move on to the next stage of its parliamentary passage. The Bill proposes a reform to the lower ...
Europe Anders Brevik considered sane and sentenced A unanimous decision by five judges has declared Anders Breivik sane after his attacks on a Christian youth camp in July 2011, which left 77 people dead and more than 240 wound...
Europe Proposals for lobbyist register in the UK A group of MPs have called for a legally binding interests register for all organizations that relate to and with Westminster. Currently there is no statute that makes it compuls...
Middle East Suicide bomber kills Afghan MP A Member of the Afghan Parliament has been killed in a suicide attack, killing a further 20 people. The attack took part in the northern province of Samangan at a wedding, according to...
Middle East & Africa Syria army sparks further conflict in Aleppo The United States (US) has expressed grave concern over the Syrian army’s assault on the rebel stronghold Aleppo, Syria’s second city. The US state dep...
Latin America Indigenous tribe clashes with Columbian police forces Columbian police forces have forcefully removed an indigenous tribe from a mountainous region they were occupying, with more than 20 people injured. The tribe ...
Europe Diplomatic blunder as Olympics begins The organisers of the London 2012 Olympics have apologised to North Korea after showing a South Korean flag next to their athletes on the first day of the Olympics. The blun...
Africa and Middle East Syria urgency heightens in crisis Reports of new fighting have come out of Syria’s two main cities Damascus and Aleppo. Both are strategically very important to both rebels and official forces as the co...
North America US begins Agent Orange clean up The United States (US) has begun the cleaning up of Agent Orange contamination in one of Vietnam’s region. It is the first time the US has made such a move since the end o...