The United States might officially be the worst neighbor on Earth: the US now owes its allies $5.2923 trillion, the most money the country has ever been indebted to its foreign friends in the history of the nation. Statistics released this week by the US Treasury indicate that, as of June 2012, the United States has borrowed bucks from most of the world’s major countries and has accumulated a debt... 

British threats to invade Ecuador’s embassy will be discussed at international-level talks between the foreign ministers of the Organization of American States. The proposal was adopted despite the US saying OAS has nothing to do with the issue. ­Ecuador’s resolution to convene a meeting of the OAS member nations’ foreign ministers was adopted with 23 voting in favor, three against and... 

The Russian Embassy in London has been attacked by a large group of people, throwing stones at the building and chanting slogans against the Syrian Government and President Bashar al-Assad. There was significant damage and several windows were broken as a result of last night’s incident, the embassy’s official website states. None of the staff were injured. “The police that arrived at the scene,... 

Ecuador has granted political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The decision comes almost two months after the world-famous whistleblower came to the country’s embassy in London seeking protection. “We have decided to grant political asylum to Mr. Assange,” said Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino. “We believe that his fears are legitimate and there are the threats that he... 

British authorities have “warned” Ecuador that they could raid its embassy and arrest Julian Assange if he is not handed over. The Ecuadorian Foreign Minister responded by saying such a move would be a “flagrant violation” of international law. Ecuador received a “direct” threat from the authorities in London that they are prepared to storm the Ecuadorian Embassy and arrest Assange... 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu The British ambassador to Tel Aviv says international support for Israel among those in the political mainstream is eroding, driven by settlement expansion in the West Bank and continued restrictions on Gaza. In an unusually forthright interview for Israel’s Channel 10 news, Matthew Gould said he has detected a shift among the middle ground of British... 

Argentina has prohibited all ships sailing under the British flag from docking at all the ports in the Buenos Aires province, Press TV reports. The measure was adopted on Friday in a bill passed by the legislature of the Buenos Aires, the country’s largest province. “We can’t have a colonial enclave affecting the region with NATO’s presence in our Malvinas Islands. We have to actively protest... 

McDonald’s restaurants are the very epitome of poor health, with their McNuggets most notably containing chemicals used in breast implants and silly putty, so why have the Olympic games officials adopted the restaurant chain as their official restaurant of the Olympics? Considering the Olympic games represent some of the most conditioned athletes across the globe, it seems quite bizarre that the... 

As every Olympic athlete knows, size matters. The London 2012 medals are the largest ever in terms of both weight and diameter – almost double the medals from Beijing. However, just as equally well-known is that quality beats quantity and that is where the current global austerity, coin-clipping, devaluation-fest begins. The 2012 gold is 92.5 percent silver, 6.16 copper and… 1.34 percent gold,... 

Botched escape: A dog stuck in a fence in Tamaulipas, Mexico Scantily-clad prostitutes touting for trade in Amsterdam are among the unusual scenes to feature in a new art exhibition. They were captured going about their daily business by one of Google’s international army of Street View cars. Artist Jon Rafman, from Montreal, Canada, spent hours at a time on the website searching for oddball... 

Study shows that the increasing temperature of the Baltic Sea coincided with the onset of gastrointestinal infections caused by the bacterium Vibrio, reported the German news service Deutsche Welle. Climate change caused by man is behind the unexpected appearance of a group of bacteria in northern Europe that can cause gastroenteritis, a new study by a group of experts shows. The study, published... 

British police arrest cyclist protesters during the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics. British police have conducted mass arrests in London during a protest staged by cyclists as London held the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics. Media reports said over 100 people were arrested as the British police used pepper spray and kettling tactics against two groups of protesters near the Olympic... 

Peter Sutherland’s global migration forum brings together 160 nations to discuss policy Anyone who doubts that there is a deliberate plan to destroy Europe should carefully read this BBC news story, which reports: “The EU should do its best to undermine the homogeneity of its member states, the UN’s special representative for migration has said. Peter Sutherland told peers the future prosperity... 

Much has been said about the advantages of immigration and not much said about the disadvantges of it. At this particular time, Britain and Europe are, and have been, experiencing a surge of immigration that is unparalleled in their respective histories. Never in history have such a diverse and sometimes alien cultures migrated into other civilizations in such a way and this without the consent or... 

The Russian Orthodox Church have involved themselves in the case of helping two British women who lost their jobs for wearing religious symbols at work to the European Court of Human Rights. British Airways check-in clerk Naida Eweida and Nurse Shirley Chaplin were both sacked after wearing a crucifix to work.The airline told Eweida that the symbol infringed its uniform code. In 2007, British Airways...