As Iran’s long standing sworn “nemesis”, the Israeli reaction, voiced through Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, denouncing the P5+1 Iran nuclear deal, claiming that the “agreement has made the world more dangerousâ...
North America Chicago teacher strike ends after union vote School teachers in Chicago, the USA’s third-largest school district, have voted to suspend a strike, ending a seven-day action that affected more than 350,000 ...
Latin America Mexico to face partial recount in Presidential election The recount has been announced after Mexico’s electoral authorities said there were inconsistencies in Sunday’s election. It comes just two days after En...
Europe Barclays boss to appear before MPs Bob Diamond, the former chief executive of Barclays who resigned yesterday after it was revealed that his bank had been involved in manipulating the interbank rate, will appear b...
Europe Abu Hamza extradition decision welcomed by UK and USA The European Court of Human Rights yesterday denied radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri and four other terrorism suspects a final appeal against extradition to t...
People living outside the nation’s capital were asked recently what words best describe London to them. ‘Crowded’ was the first, ‘Expensive’ the second, and ‘Cosmopolitan’ the third. The question was part of a ...
Europe Standard Chartered shares recover Shares in British bank Standard Chartered have rebounded after their steepest one-day decline in decades. The crash came as New York’s State Department of Financial Services a...
Europe EU unveils vision for future of monetary union Ahead of Thursday’s EU summit, European authorities have released a document spelling out their vision for the future of monetary union. It includes the creation of a Eu...
Europe Spanish Prime Minister rejects bailout conditions Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, speaking in his first television interview since taking office, has said he will not accept outside conditions over a possi...