Politics

JERUSALEM—Israel’s decision to expel four Hamas politicians from Jerusalem threatened to set off a new crisis over the disputed city and could hinder U.S. efforts to restart peace talks. The expulsions of the three Palestinian […] […]

Liberal Democrat deputy leader Simon Hughes has fired a warning shot across the bows of the coalition Government, insisting there must be no attempt to “unpick” the agreement between the two parties. Mr Hughes – […] […]

The Government has sparked anger from unions and pensioner groups after unveiling controversial plans to extend the pension age, with the possibility of people having to work until they are 70 before receiving the benefit. […] […]

THE US studied a plan for a nuclear strike on North Korea in 1969 but advisers to president Richard Nixon said it was best to remain calm. The documents, obtained by the National Security Archive […] […]

BARACK Obama has warned he will not tolerate dissent over management of the Afghan war. Obama has handed control of the conflict to the US general who rescued the military operation in Iraq for George […] […]

One of the common threads running through all of the world’s great religions is the concept of forgiveness. No man is beyond redemption. Not even Mr Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke. The former Tivoli Gardens ‘don’ can […] […]

The Budget may hit the poor harder than the rich, tax experts warned today. The respected Institute for Fiscal Studies also warned that Britain is facing “the longest, deepest and most sustained” period of public […] […]

MICHAEL Hastings may forever be known as the reporter whose article got General Stanley McChrystal in trouble. But his work also includes coverage of two wars and a book on the death of his girlfriend […] […]

An Indian-American woman trying to overcome allegations of infidelity and an ethnic slur to become America’s first Sikh-born governor has won a Republican primary runoff vote in the southern state of South Carolina. Nikki Haley, […] […]

Page one editorial The capture of fugitive Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke will, hopefully, signal the end of thug rule over Jamaican communities like Tivoli Gardens and other garrisons. We want to be among the first to […] […]