Pastor Terry Jones speaks to the press about his planned mass burning of the Qur'an in September 2010. British Home Office excludes US pastor from coming to UK to attend far-right demonstrations after 9/11 Qur’an burning threat. An American preacher who threatened a mass public burning of the Koran has been banned from entering the UK. Pastor Terry Jones provoked international outrage when... 

Uneasy Divide: Muslims from Turkey are the largest and least integrated immigrant community in Germany. Fighting Islamophobia, Even as Muslim Anti-Semitism Persists. In Germany today, Muslims are often cited as a driving force behind contemporary German anti-Semitism — and are increasingly a target of ethnic-based prejudice and bigotry. Yet leaders of Germany’s Jewish community have joined others... 

Willis Eschenbach’s recent guest post at Watts Up With That? on the current state of ‘Climate science’ should be made compulsory reading in every classroom, every university science department, every eco-charity, every environmental NGO and in every branch of government. They won’t like it up ‘em, that’s for sure. What Eschenbach says is so pure and simple and obvious you’d need to be... 

Defiant: Alya Al-Safar, arrived at court with her hair on show. She said Al-Hakim, phoned her to tell her she must die for the shame she had brought on her family. A man threatened to kill his cousin and harm her family after she decided to stop wearing the traditional Muslim headscarf, a court has heard. Mohamed Al-Hakim, 29, allegedly phoned Alya Al-Safar to tell her she must die because of the ‘shame’... 

Amid the soaring tuition fees burdening British students, a new controversy has erupted, revealing that over £250 million of British taxpayers’ money is allocated annually to fund university education for students from other EU countries. This revelation has stirred public outcry, especially as domestic students are warned of graduating with substantial debts due to the impending tripling of... 

Counting the cost: Britain's £1trillion National Debt means it will pay interest of nearly £120million a day - more than the government spends on defence. Britain’s government debt smashed through £1 trillion ($1.59 trillion) for the first time yesterday – a staggering £40,000 per household. Campaigners branded the milestone ‘terrifying’ and warned that taxpayers will have to foot the... 

The French government and the automaker Renault SA are trying to avert a standoff with Beijing over reports that a Chinese industrial espionage ring stole details of Renault’s electric vehicle technology. The carmaker suspended three executives Jan. 3 on suspicion of involvement in leaking information. It filed a criminal complaint on Thursday, alleging that it was the victim of “organized... 

Climate change? The sun rose in Ilulissat, Greenland, two days early on Tuesday, ending a month-and-a-half of winter darkness. One theory is that melting ice caps have lowered the horizon allowing the sun to shine through earlier. The sun over Greenland has risen two days early, baffling scientists and sparking fears that Arctic icecaps are melting faster than previously thought. Experts say the sun... 

Eleanor Carruthers, 68, had the flu vaccine in October but died after catching the swine strain. A grandmother-of-three thought she was safe from swine flu after she had the vaccine months ago. But Eleanor Carruthers, 68, from Merseyside became the latest victim of the outbreak on Saturday. Mrs Carruthers was seriously ill with emphysema and lung cancer, but had had the flu vaccination in October to... 

Mohammed Hanif Khan in the Stoke on Trent mosque where he worked as imam. He is alleged to have sexually assaulted a 12-year-old boy inside the mosque. He denies all the charges against him. A British Muslim worship leader is accused of serially raping a young boy during visits to a mosque for religious lessons. Mohammed Hanif Khan, 42, is alleged to have sexually assaulted the boy, who was 12 years... 

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, flanked by his lawyers Mark Stephens and Jennifer Robinson, addresses the media outside Belmarsh Magistrates Court today. Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said today they fear he could face execution in the United States if he is extradited to Sweden. The 39-year-old whistleblower is wanted by the Swedish authorities over claims that he sexually assaulted... 

Fears are growing that the authorities may try to take the young son of Andrei Sannikov, one of the country's leading opposition leaders, into care. Belarus will be issued an ultimatum on Wednesday by the EU to immediately release political prisoners or face unprecedented sanctions. Sergei Martynov, Belarus’s foreign minister, will be told that the EU expects “the immediate release... 

French president Nicolas Sarkozy Calls for the end of the US Dollar while US president Barack Obama calls France “biggest ally”. There’s little doubt that the world’s superpowers are now fighting a new war. It’s not a cold one, or a hot one. No tanks, bombs or poison gas. At least not yet. But open hostility between Europe, Brazil, China, India and the United States blanket the headlines... 

Turkey has indicated consent to Greek plans to fence part of its border, with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan voicing understanding of gravity of the illegal immigration problem that Athens has been facing. Yet, the plan continues to spark the concern of humanitarian agencies, who say the fence could prevent asylum seekers from reaching safety. Greece said last week it planned a fence along its... 

Basque pro-independence supporters hold up flags with the silhouette of the Basque Country calling for the return for all of more than eight hundred prisoners of the Basque armed group ETA who are dispersed in several Spanish prisons, during a rally in Bilbao northern Spain, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011. The Basque separatist militant group ETA declared a cease-fire in a video statement issued on last Sept....