The director general of the BBC admitted that his organisation had been guilty of a “massive bias to the left” but said “a completely different generation” of journalists now works at the broadcaster. The director general of the BBC admitted Thursday that his organisation had been guilty of a “massive bias to the left” but said “a completely different generation”... 

Friday in Paris. A hidden camera shows streets blocked by huge crowds of Muslim worshippers and enforced by a private security force. This is all illegal in France: the public worship, the blocked streets, and the private security. But the police have been ordered not to intervene. It shows that even though some in the French government want to get tough with Muslims and ban the burqa, other parts... 

Back in the public eye with the release of his memoirs, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair might lead one to believe it is 2003 all over again. Praising George W. Bush as a great leader and one of the most decisive men he had ever met, Blair also lauds the Iraq War. And if the Iraq War has somewhat faded in Americans’ memories with the myriad false declarations of victory in recent weeks,... 

Prince of Wales called for population control in developing world The Prince of Wales has called for greater population control in the developing world and hailed the success of “family planning services” in some countries. He said more needs to be done because of the “monumental” problems that face the environment as population numbers “rocket” and traditional societies become more consumerist.... 

Mohammad Sidique Khan was one of the four suicide bombers who attacked London in 2005 The widow of a 7/7 suicide bomber has lost her High Court bid to overturn a decision refusing her legal aid. Hasina Patel had wanted legal aid for representation at the forthcoming inquest into the deaths of 52 people in the attacks in London. She was married to suicide bomber Mohammad Sidique Khan, from Leeds. But... 

Mosques in Italy will not receive a share of income tax revenue the Italian government allocates to religious faiths each year. Hindu and Buddhist temples, Greek Orthodox churches and Jehovah’s Witnesses will be eligible for the funds, according to a bill approved by the Italian cabinet in May and still must be approved by parliament. Until now, the government had earmarked 8 percent of income... 

Click on the image to enlarge it Six years after his brother was beheaded by Iraqi insurgents, Riyad is still haunted by the memory of identifying the disfigured body and watching the mutilation on a video distributed by the killers. Yet Riyad now has fresh worries to contend with: the threat of deportation from Sweden, which recently rejected his application for asylum. “They murdered my brother... 

A beggar on the streets of Venice. The Italian remarks come hot on the heels of Roma expulsions in France. Italy has said it intends to expel citizens from other EU states if they are not able to support themselves, in a move apparently inspired by France’s current crackdown on Roma. Interior Minister Roberto Maroni told daily newspaper Corriere della Sera on Saturday (21 August) that French... 

Home comforts: A map showing the position of the family's £1million house in Cambridgeshire (circled, pictured below) and the camping field A carer said to have become so exasperated with trespassing traveller children that he fired a shot over their heads, has been arrested. Christopher Bayfield is understood to have suffered repeated petty thefts after 1,000 travellers arrived for a Christian... 

A Lithuanian court has cleared students carrying swastikas of illegally bearing symbols of Nazism. The judge’s ruling that the emblem is merely a sign with an ancient history has caused anger. Critics fear its another step towards the rehabilitation of fascist sympathizers.  Read More »

French authorities have said the majority are returning on a voluntary basis But as the 124 people landed in Timisoara, in their native Romania, many said they planned to head straight back to France. “Of course I’m thinking about returning to France. Life is better than in Romania,” said 26-year-old Ionut Balasz as he arrived in Romania. Aurel Cioaba echoed his sentiment: “I... 

Bosnian pyramids have been finally confirmed. Pyramid experts from all over the world have confirmed the existence of the Bosnian pyramids. In addition, 90% of all these experts said that the the Bosnian pyramids are by far the world’s largest and oldest pyramids. There are five (5) pyramids in Bosnia and it is said that they are 12000-26000 years old. In 2010 UNESCO added the Bosnian pyramids... 

The heatwave has caused forest and peat fires across Russia As Muscovites suffer record high temperatures this summer, a Russian political scientist has claimed the United States may be using climate-change weapons to alter the temperatures and crop yields of Russia and other Central Asian countries. In a recent article, Andrei Areshev, deputy director of the Strategic Culture Foundation, wrote, “At... 

700 Roma gypsies living in France face deportation by the end of August. The French government has announced plans to deport 700 Roma gypsies as Romania warns about the possibility of a xenophobic backlash. “I am worried about the risks of populism and xenophobic reactions in a context of economic crisis,” Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi said in an interview with Radio France... 

A grim Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) report prepared for Prime Minister Putin states that a British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS, also known as MI6) ‘hit team’ was behind the assassination Matthew Simmons [photo top right] who was one of the United States top oil experts and the most outspoken critic of the US and BP’s handling of the Gulf of Mexico oil leak catastrophe. According...