World Politics and News

BNP rules judged 'discriminatory'

BBC World News - 10 hours 19 min ago
The British National Party's new membership rules are likely to discriminate against non-white people, a judge rules.

Schumacher's return dominates start of F1 season

CNN News Europe - 10 hours 35 min ago
Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher makes his eagerly-awaited return to Formula One as the new season gets underway at this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix.

Avatar and the politics of our time

rabble.ca - News for the rest of us - 10 hours 38 min ago

It is striking and, to use a religious term, a bit awe-inspiring to see how central that religion has become to politics in the post-Cold War era. For more than 200 years, the defining split was left versus right. Now religion is in the equation in a big way.

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Pope defends celibacy of priests

BBC World News - 10 hours 40 min ago
Pope Benedict XVI defends celibacy for Catholic priests, amid a new controversy about child sex abuse in Germany and Austria.

Tweets 'fundamental to democracy'

BBC World News - 10 hours 42 min ago
Twitter co-founder Evan Williams believes social networks will be the fundamental way the public communicates with government.

BA union announces strike dates

BBC World News - 10 hours 43 min ago
BA cabin crew will go on strike for three days from 20 March and for four days from 27 March in a dispute over pay and staff levels.

Deadly blasts hit Pakistani city

BBC World News - 10 hours 56 min ago
At least 45 people die in twin suicide attacks on Pakistani security forces in the eastern city of Lahore, police say.

Eta suspect arrested in Portugal

BBC World News - 11 hours 8 min ago
Portuguese police arrest a suspected Eta Basque militant who was trying to catch a flight from Lisbon to Venezuela.

Eurozone industry grows strongly

BBC World News - 11 hours 10 min ago
Factory output in the eurozone rose 1.7% between December and January, the biggest monthly rise since records began.

Charles Taylor's wife gives birth

BBC World News - 11 hours 13 min ago
The wife of Liberia's ex-President Charles Taylor - on trial in The Hague for war crimes - has a baby girl.

Baroness not to face expenses charge

BBC World News - 11 hours 16 min ago
Labour peer Baroness Uddin says she is "relieved" after being told she will not be prosecuted over her expenses.

Couple jailed for starving girl

BBC World News - 11 hours 21 min ago
The mother of a girl who starved to death is sentenced to 15 years and her stepfather jailed indefinitely.

'Murdered soul'

BBC World News - 11 hours 24 min ago
German campaigner tells of childhood Catholic abuse

Sarkozy to meet UK party leaders

BBC World News - 11 hours 31 min ago
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is holding separate talks in London later with Gordon Brown and Tory leader David Cameron.

Jay Sean wins Asian Music Awards

BBC World News - 11 hours 33 min ago
Jay Sean sweeps the boards at the 2010 Asian Music Awards by winning the four awards for which he was nominated.

Lib Dems unveil election slogan

BBC World News - 11 hours 58 min ago
The Liberal Democrats unveil their election campaign slogan ahead of their spring conference in Birmingham.

BA cabin crew to strike this month

CNN News Europe - 11 hours 59 min ago
Union members representing British Airways cabin crews announced Friday they will hold two separate strikes this month in a dispute over working conditions.

Lehman bosses severely criticised

BBC World News - 12 hours 14 min ago
A report into the collapse of US bank Lehman Brothers criticises senior executives and auditor Ernst & Young for serious lapses.

Day in pictures

BBC World News - 12 hours 16 min ago
Striking images from around the world

Funeral held for Karachi cleric

BBC World News - 13 hours 15 min ago
Security is tight in the Pakistani city of Karachi as funerals are held for a Sunni Muslim cleric and four others killed on Thursday.