Politics

George Osborne hiked VAT to 20 per cent today in a Budget of eye-watering tax rises and savage 25 per cent spending cuts. In his bid to repair the nation’s finances, the Chancellor also slapped […] […]

The Government will face a series of Budget day demonstrations today by groups opposed to public spending cuts and the war in Afghanistan. Whitehall in central London will be the scene of protests throughout the […] […]

TEHRAN/VIENNA—Iran has barred two U.N. nuclear inspectors from entering the Islamic Republic, adding to tension less than two weeks after Tehran was hit by new U.N. sanctions over its disputed atomic program. Officials accused the […] […]

Men are many things, but there is at least one thing they are not. They are not women. For Nonhlanhla (“Call me Noni”) Dlamini, that is a problem.  “At the end of the day, men […] […]

CAIRO—Egyptian security forces beat and arrested dozens of protesters on Sunday when they attempted to march through downtown Cairo in the latest demonstration against police brutality following the death of young man, witnesses and police […] […]

A majority of voters believe child benefit payments to better-off families should be scrapped, a poll has found ahead of next week’s Budget. Chancellor George Osborne is expected to target tax credits and other middle-class […] […]

The cost to British taxpayers of fighting, diplomacy and reconstruction in Afghanistan and Iraq since the 9/11 attacks has passed £20 billion, official figures reveal. This includes £18 billion for military operations, on top of […] […]

He is a cat-loving, conservative bachelor who is renowned for opposing abortion, gay rights and the European Union. Yet Jaroslaw Kaczynski could emerge as Poland’s new president tomorrow in an election in which he is […] […]

THE Court of Appeal yesterday ruled that the dual citizenship case against PNP member of parliament Ian Hayles should go to trial. The case was brought against Hayles by Donovan Earl Hamilton, the losing JLP […] […]

The founder of the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks says he’s ready to release a video he says shows a U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan that allegedly left 140 civilians dead. Julian Assange told supporters by email that […] […]