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Britain is as guilty of “fueling the fire” of the Syrian conflict as any other state and must ramp up its efforts to bring peace to the Middle East, Oxfam says.
- US student who took political banner from N. Korean hotel sentenced to 15 years hard labor
- Kerry to meet with Putin in Russia next week
- EU states will 'boost Greece aid' to speed migrant returns to Turkey
- US eases Cuba travel, trade restrictions ahead of Obama visit
- Pope Francis: Mother Teresa to be sainted in September
- US military reports 14 strikes in Iraq, 3 in Syria
- ‘Prisoner of conscience’: Free Bahraini mother convicted for human rights work, demands Amnesty
Bahraini authorities are facing demands to release a human rights campaigner convicted of destroying a picture of the King of Bahrain and attempting to visit her father in prison. - Ashes mistaken for ketamine by airport security sees Brit jailed for 5 days
A British man was detained by Canadian authorities for five days after his friend’s cremated remains were mistaken for ketamine by customs officials. - Big Energy rips off UK households £1.7bn per year – competition watchdog
Fuel poverty campaigners have slammed the competition watchdog for suggesting customers “switch provider” in order to save cash after discovering energy firms overcharge the British public £1.7 billion every year. - Snoopers’ charter ‘unfit for purpose,’ 200 legal experts say
Home Secretary Theresa May’s Investigatory Powers Bill, dubbed the snoopers’ charter, breaches international surveillance standards and is “unfit for purpose,” more than 200 senior lawyers have warned.
- Don’t lay blame at Russia’s feet, UK also fueled Syrian civil war – OxfamBritain is as guilty of “fueling the fire” of the Syrian conflict as any other state and must ramp up its efforts to bring peace to the Middle East, Oxfam says.
- Ashes mistaken for ketamine by airport security sees Brit jailed for 5 daysA British man was detained by Canadian authorities for five days after his friend’s cremated remains were mistaken for ketamine by customs officials.
- Big Energy rips off UK households £1.7bn per year – competition watchdogFuel poverty campaigners have slammed the competition watchdog for suggesting customers “switch provider” in order to save cash after discovering energy firms overcharge the British public £1.7 billion every year.
- Sadistic sexual assaults ignored by Church of England – report
Senior figures in the Church of England failed to act after hearing about a sadistic assault, prompting the church to make sweeping reforms in the way sex abuse cases are dealt with. - ‘Prisoner of conscience’: Free Bahraini mother convicted for human rights work, demands AmnestyBahraini authorities are facing demands to release a human rights campaigner convicted of destroying a picture of the King of Bahrain and attempting to visit her father in prison.
- Linguistic Brexit? Communication breakdown as fewer Brits learn European languages
European language study is in decline due to ‘identikit’ travel, fewer exchange programs and the government’s dropping of GCSE requirements, a University of Bristol academic believes. - Snoopers’ charter ‘unfit for purpose,’ 200 legal experts sayHome Secretary Theresa May’s Investigatory Powers Bill, dubbed the snoopers’ charter, breaches international surveillance standards and is “unfit for purpose,” more than 200 senior lawyers have warned.
- Project Fear? US general says Brexit could ‘weaken NATO’
Leaving the EU could cause serious damage to the NATO alliance and leave Europe vulnerable, according to a top US general. - Belfast prison officer wounded in New IRA bombing dies
A prison officer injured in a car bomb attack in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on March 4 has died. - Shooting by gang in Brixton caught on CCTV (VIDEO)
Footage of a shooting in Tulse Hill, Brixton, in South London, has been released by anti-gang detectives from the Metropolitan Police in a fresh bid to identify the suspects. - From New Labour to nouveau riche? Tony & Cherie Blair’s property empire worth £27m
Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and his family own a property empire worth an estimated £27 million, it has emerged. The princely portfolio is thought to include at least 10 houses and 27 flats. - ‘Spiraling’ NHS debts leave £22bn ‘black hole,’ no solution in sight – MPs
National Health Service (NHS) budgets in England face a £22 billion (US$31.1 billion) “black hole” and authorities do not have a coherent plan to fill the gap before 2021, according to a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report.
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