Category Archives: Political news
The UK government’s chief scientist says his confidence in climate science remains unshaken despite allegations about the withholding of research data.
Professor John Beddington told the......
A court in Canada has begun hearing a lawsuit filed by the son of slain Canadian-Iranian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi against the Iranian government.
Zahra Kazemi died in 2003 after receiving he......
The Taliban say they will step up their fight in Afghanistan, after pledges by the US and its allies to send large reinforcements to the country.
A Taliban spokesman said such moves would “......
Three Spanish citizens have been kidnapped in the West African country of Mauritania, according to reports.
They were travelling in a convoy on the road linking the capital Nouakchott to the cit......
The UN nuclear watchdog’s governing body has passed a resolution condemning Iran for developing a uranium enrichment site in secret.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) also dema......
Former Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch should be jailed for 40 years, a prosecutor has told Cambodia’s UN-backed war crimes court.
Duch, whose real name is Kaing Guek Eav, had overseen the d......
Labour’s success at the Glasgow North East by-election has given it fresh hope that it may yet give the Conservatives a fight at next year’s General Election
The seat, vacated by the......
The only soldier convicted in connection with the death of Iraqi Baha Mousa claims that he witnessed an Army officer abuse other prisoners.
Former corporal Donald Payne told a public inquiry int......
Five Jordanian police officers will face trial after a man died on Sunday of injuries allegedly sustained while in their custody, officials have said.
The Minister of State for Information Affai......
A suicide bomber has killed at least three people in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say.
Five others were wounded in the blast near a police checkpost, the authorities said......