Dramatic new pictures have emerged of the moments after an oil line exploded in the embattled Syrian town of Homs. Activists say the city has been...
Such is the level of racism and Islamophobia in society that when encountered by a politically active Muslim, people automatically seem to put them in the radical or extremist box.
Last Friday, Malaysian Police confirmed the arrest of Hamza Kashgari, a journalist wanted by Saudi Arabia for insulting the Prophet Mohamed on Twitter...
Let's hope Obama remembers these wise words and upholds humanity's noble ideals to Xi, even if he finds it very 'hard' to do so. Otherwise Obama, will come across like a cheesy, expensive Valentine's card: all lovehearts and endearing words but no real passion or commitment.
The UN Security Council meeting on Syria in February 2012 should have made it clear that none of the members of the committee care for the suffering of thousands of people paying the price in Syria; it should also tell us that the game is ongoing and seems to be escalating.
Sean Penn has just added to the farce that is the Falklands/Malvinas Cat Fight... Chucking about words like "ludicrous" and "colonialist" - plus "the Malvinas Islands of Argentina" - Penn is feeding an insubstantial, surface and puny fire that has kept burning for a remarkably long time, even leading UN secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon to express his "concern" at how thick and fast this tiff is progressing. The whole thing was rather inflamed by the incompetence of leaking Prince William's posting to the press.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has joined social networking site Twitter despite his communications team insisting only months ago that the leader w...
Billowing black smoke was seen pouring into the sky above the Syrian town of Homs on Wednesday after government forces reportedly bombed an oil line. ...
It's not just in Syria where Russia is the primary provider of weapons fuelling a bloody conflict. A recent Amnesty report has revealed that Russia and China are continuing to supply attack helicopters, fighter jets, ammunition and other weapons to the Darfur region of Sudan - despite a UN arms embargo against such transactions.
Activists in the beleaguered Syrian town of Homs have described "the sky raining shells" as attacks by government forces intensified after more than a...
As the situation inside and outside of Iran grows more worrisome, it is encouraging to see that those concerned about the threat that Tehran poses and about the humanitarian situation involving thousands of Iranian dissidents in Iraq, are coalescing around the need for actions by the world community that would further isolate Iran's rulers.
Ruthless Arab dictators have terrified the people around them to the point of total sycophancy, where praise and subservience to the "dear" leader are...
Let us examine the political thesis put forward by Lucy from Lymington who, commenting at Mail Online upon the latest anti-Cameron eruption from Mount...
The decision by both China and Russia to veto the UN Security Council Resolution on Syria last week, supporting the Arab League plan for a swift trans...
As the Syrian army continues to bomb and attack civilian targets in Homs, and other towns and villages in Syria, killing children, men and women - against all the laws of war, international humanitarian law and the protection of civilians - statements of outrage are piling up, but no action.
David Cameron and Barack Obama could tighten sanctions against Syria to increase the pressure on President Bashar Assad, Downing Street said today. ...
The Syrian regime had been "emboldened" by the UN security council's failure to condemn violence being committed against its civilians, the organisati...
Though Valentine's Day is swiftly approaching, London Dungeon's new attraction may put you off the idea of kissing for a while. For only 50p Pretty Po...
Plans to send a joint United Nations and Arab League peacekeeping force in to Syria must be discussed "urgently", Foreign Secretary William Hague said...
The Arab League has called on the United Nations to join it in deploying peacekeepers in Syria, amid concerns about rising levels of violence in the c...
Shells continued to rain down on the Syrian city of Homs today in the latest attacks in a week-long government siege of the city. Tank and rocket ...
Syrian officials involved in the brutal suppression of anti-regime protests will eventually be held accountable for their actions, Western diplomats h...
Syrian officials involved in the brutal suppression of anti-regime protests will eventually be held accountable for their actions, Western diplomats h...
Forced underground by the Saudi authorities, the Women 2 Drive campaign is back and appears to have won concessions from the country's King.
Outbreaks of sporadic but intense fighting between government forces and rebel fighters were reported throughout Syria on Friday, after a double-bombi...
