Scottish vote likely in 'autumn 2018'

Scotland could hold an independence referendum in the autumn of 2018, just months before Britain is due to leave the European
9 March 2017

WiKiLeaks to share CIA secret files

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange yesterday accused the CIA of "devastating incompetence" for keeping hacking secrets in one place
9 March 2017

UK PM receives Lords blow for a second time

Prime Minister Theresa May suffered her second defeat in a week over Brexit Tuesday when the House of Lords voted
8 March 2017

Flyboard, fly like a bird!

Who have not dreamt, at least once, of flying like a bird up into the deep blue sky? With the invention of a “flyboard”, mankind is almost on the verge of their dream fulfillment.
7 March 2017

Le Pen could win in France

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen could win the forthcoming presidential election in France, President Francois Hollande warned
6 March 2017

EU approves new military HQ

The European Union yesterday approved plans for a military headquarters to coordinate overseas security operations, foreign affairs head
6 March 2017

13 terror attack plots foiled in UK since 2013

Security services have foiled 13 potential terror attacks in Britain since 2013, its most senior counter-terrorism policeman said yesterday.
6 March 2017

Blair to be Trump's Middle East advisor?

A spokesman for Tony Blair refused to be drawn on a report that the former British prime minister wants to become US
5 March 2017

Man who cycled from India to Europe for love

News bestseller tells how a poor artist of India married a Swedish tourist, then rode four months on the hippie trail to join her.
5 March 2017

Hundreds of migrants rescued in Med ops

Rescuers plucked around 900 migrants from boats in the Mediterranean on Friday while hundreds more were brought
4 March 2017

More than 100m at risk of starvation globally: UN

The number of people facing severe hunger worldwide has surpassed 100 million and will grow if humanitarian aid
4 March 2017

How many nuclear weapons are in the world?

Nine countries in the world possess a total of 14,900 nuclear weapons and 93 percent of them are in the US and Russia, according to data from the Federation of American Scientists.
4 March 2017

Russia, Nato hold first talks over past years

Senior Russian and Nato military chiefs yesterday held their first phone talks since ties between the two sides collapsed over the crisis in
3 March 2017

Artificial 'embryos' created in the lab

Scientists in Britain have for the first time created a structure that resembles a mouse embryo using a 3D scaffold and two types of stem
3 March 2017

German police arrest Syrians, Bosnian

German police yesterday arrested two Syrians and a Bosnian for alleged offences in jihadist groups active in war-torn Syria, including
2 March 2017

Brexit delayed

Britain's upper parliamentary house dealt a defeat to Theresa May's government on Wednesday, voting for a change to her Brexit plan
2 March 2017

Le Pen loses EU immunity

The European Parliament yesterday lifted French far-right leader Marine Le Pen's immunity from prosecution over her tweeting of
2 March 2017

EU prods members to take in refugees

The EU yesterday stepped up warnings that countries could be punished if they fail to share the burden of mainly Syrian refugees
2 March 2017

Sweden to bring back conscription: report

Sweden announced yesterday that it will reintroduce compulsory military service starting this summer to respond to global security
2 March 2017

11 killed in Ukraine coal mine blast

At least 11 coal miners were killed yesterday when a methane gas blast tore through a pit in western Ukraine, the head of the coal
2 March 2017