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Anthony Weiner's election bid faces another set back after adviser Barbara Morgan attacks former intern
Wednesday 31 July 2013
Anthony Weiner’s bid to be New York mayor has faced another major setback, after his Communication Director Barbara Morgan let rip at an intern after she penned a comment piece on the campaign.
Anthony Weiner campaign for New York mayorship in turmoil as key advisor walks out
Sunday 28 July 2013
If there was anything to admire about Anthony Weiner’s bid to be the next Mayor of New York, it was his aides’ extraordinary success in taking their candidate to a lead in the polls, despite his embarrassing history of extramarital sexting.
US announces plans to transfer two prisoners from Guantanamo Bay as Obama slowly moves towards closing the detention facility
Saturday 27 July 2013
Two prisoners will be transferred out of the controversial prison to Algeria if plans go ahead
Should Anthony Weiner, aka Carlos Danger, step down from the race for New York mayor?
Wednesday 24 July 2013
Anthony Weiner won't enter the annals of history as the first politician to find their campaign threatened by a sex scandal, but the former Congressman, who was leading in some polls in the race for New York mayor, certainly will find a niche as the Democrat with the most ludicrous sexual alias.
Barack Obama on tour as he tries to take credit for US economic fightback
Tuesday 23 July 2013
Poll gives US President lowest approval rating in nearly two years
Edward Snowden: 'US will say I aided our enemies,' says NSA whistleblower in newly released video interview
Monday 08 July 2013
Edward Snowden, the 30-year-old wanted by American authorities for leaking information about classified US surveillance programs, predicted he would be seen in violation of the Espionage Act and that the “US government will say I aided our enemies”.
Anger as Indian politicians involved in scuffles at airport over flood relief
Thursday 27 June 2013
As India on Thursday began the mass cremation of hundreds of bodies left by the Himalayan floods, half a dozen politicians from rival parties have been condemned after scuffling at an airport and trying to lure survivors on to planes they had chartered.
US Supreme Court demolishes Voting Rights Act
Tuesday 25 June 2013
President Obama 'deeply disappointed' by ruling
Revealed: The 44 Guantanamo Bay inmates too dangerous to release
Tuesday 18 June 2013
Freedom of Information request forces authorities to name terror suspects held for the last 12 years
Indian state of West Bengal rocked by protests after sexual assault and murder of young woman in two different attacks
Friday 14 June 2013
Protests have been held in various places across the state and on Thursday campaigners gathered close to the Kolkata home of the state’s chief minister
Narendra Modi takes a crucial step closer to becoming Indian Prime Minster
Sunday 09 June 2013
Main opposition party announces country's most polarising politician will lead its election campaign – setting Modi up for a show-down with Rahul Gandhi
Fifa are now at the 'forefront of governance standards' according to Sepp Blatter
Friday 31 May 2013
President claims football's world governing body has come through a tough spell
‘An attack on democracy’: India reeling after Maoist rebels murder politicians
Monday 27 May 2013
The rebels may be present in as many as 20 of India’s 28 states and active in half that number
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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