The role of great British institutions is currently under the microscope following the Culture Secretary's promise recently to 'fight their corner' when it comes to public funding. Maria Miller issued a rallying call to the cultural sector, referencing the significant and profitable impact it has on the UK economy and the success it heralds abroad.

Greece has pulled two ancient statues of nude males from an Olympic exhibition in Doha after Qatari officials insisted on preserving their modesty wit...

Boris Johnson prefaces his 800-word hagiography on Qatar - 'We can't afford to ignore our dynamic friends in the East' - with an anecdote about camel ...

For the last few months I have been examining the reasons why so many of the decisions to refuse asylum are being overturned by Immigration Judges here in the UK. Home Office statistics show that 25% of initial decisions to refuse asylum, are being overturned.

However great the achievements of British businesses last summer there is still a lot of work to be done to ensure that the chance of building a business legacy from the Games is not lost.

Water usage needs to become the responsibility of every individual and entity in Qatar with a realization that their current attitude flies in the face of their very culture.

British families whose children are abducted abroad by one parent or other family members are being warned they may never get their child back, with t...

What can't be emphasised too strongly here is that these are analyses of real deaths and actual weather. They are not simulations or models - and it reflects the great strength of the INDEPTH Network that it is possible to analyse factual information in this way from parts of the world where reliable data are usually in short supply.

Countries are gathering for the latest round of United Nations climate talks this week as warnings mount over the dangers of failing to tackle global ...

The red carpet was rolled out in Gaza for the Emir of Qatar, who became the first head of state to visit the territory since the Islamist movement Ham...

I urge the Free Syrian Army to release the Iranian hostages unharmed and without prior conditions.

The Serious Fraud Office has launched an investigation into payments made between Barclays bank and Qatar at the height of the financial crisis. Th...

When Alison Shalaby's seven-year-old daughter was taken to Egypt by her ex-husband, she found it hard to believe that after just one week in the count...

The mother of a British school boy who wrote a letter to David Cameron begging to be allowed home after being 'kidnapped' has told how he is "desperat...