French soldiers from the French Navy Infantry Regiment after arriving in Bamako, Mali Photo: ERIC FEFERBERG/AFP/Getty Images Hollande, who arrived early on Tuesday in the United Arab Emirates, added that overnight strikes in Mali had...
Photo Credit: REUTERS/Adj. Nicolas-Nelson Richard/ECPAD/Handout (Reuters) – Al Qaeda-linked Islamist rebels launched a counter-offensive on Monday in central Mali after four days of air strikes by French warplanes on their strongholds in the desert north,...
The Government was last night urged to open an inquiry after officials found signs that birth rates for girls and boys vary noticeably according to where their mothers were born. Photo: ALAMY There have been...
(Reuters) – Northern Ireland’s worst period of violence since a 1998 peace deal ended three decades of conflict has highlighted just how fragile that accord is and raised fears that the province cannot fully...
The latest unemployment rate for Greece has risen to 26.8%, the highest figure recorded in the European Union (EU). The official Greek data for October sees Greece overtake Spain as the country with the...
(Reuters) – A leading U.S. nuclear weapons laboratory recently discovered its computer systems contained some Chinese-made network switches and replaced at least two components because of national security concerns, a document shows. A letter...
A giant wave lashes a popular promenade in Bombay, India. (AP Photo/Sherwin Crasto) Newly uncovered research reveals the United States and New Zealand tested a “tsunami bomb” during World War II, the Telegraph reports. The...
Hand in hand with the British Monarchy, the Church of England has been a symbol of the UK for centuries. And while the Church still enjoys many unique political and financial privileges – it’s...
PHOTO: REUTERS BERLIN – The Israeli government is redoubling its efforts to convince the European Union to outlaw Hezbollah within the 27-member body because of the Lebanese group’s record of terrorism. According to reports...
China is still flouting World Trade Organisation rules 11 years after it first joined, misusing the complaints machinery for tit-for-tat retaliation, said US Trade Repesentative Ron Kirk. “China’s trade policies and practices in several...
