Politics

VETERAN White House correspondent Helen Thomas has retired after coming under fire for controversial remarks about Israel. The decision by 89-year-old Thomas, the longest-serving reporter in the White House press corps, was announced by Hearst […] […]

By Sandrea: MY GRIPE As the coalition Prime Minister and his Chancellor prepare to tell the country that they are going to make severe cuts in order to close the countries  £156 billion deficit. I […] […]

THE British way of life has to change, Prime Minister David Cameron will warn today as he prepares to make the biggest cuts in government spending since World War II. Cameron will deliver his outlook […] […]

THE consequences of the Gaza flotilla tragedy will take years to sort out. They operate at two levels – the fairly immediate, and the longer-term. The fairly immediate consequences are clear enough. This was a […] […]

By Sandrea: MY GRIPE The Arizona Councilman fired from his radio show for making the comment “To depict the biggest picture on that building as a black person – I would have to ask the […] […]

By Sandrea: MY GRIPE In todays climate of relationship, boy meet girl, the question of where you are from was a general question that would have been asked somewhere within the conversation, but would not […] […]

By Sandrea: MY GRIPE The current activities of Israeli interception of aid ships to the Gaza, makes me wonder what is Israel so afraid of that they believe that these actions are necessary. These are […] […]

A CAIRO court has upheld a ruling to strip Egyptian men married to Israeli women of their citizenship in a case that has highlighted national sentiment towards Israel. Judge Mohammed al-Husseini sitting on the Supreme […] […]

WASHINGTON—A last photo shows Darren James LaBonte on an all-terrain vehicle in Khost, Afghanistan, days before his death. He’s smiling. Athlete, soldier, husband, father—and determined CIA officer. LaBonte’s family had promised him they wouldn’t talk […] […]

PRESIDENT Obama has secretly sanctioned a huge increase in the number of US special forces carrying out search-and-destroy missions against al-Qaeda around the world, with American troops now operating in 75 countries, The Times reported. […] […]