Britain is no longer a civilised country – the UN’s disability report confirms it | Frances Ryan

It’s often said that the mark of a civilised society is how it treats its most vulnerable citizens in times of austerity. And in the past week, Britain has had not one but two damning judgments – the first from a committee room in Geneva, the second in a...

Putin: North Korea thinks that quitting its nuclear program would be an ‘invitation to the cemetery’

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned it is “impossible to scare” North Korea on Thursday, adding that Pyongyang would always be opposed to quitting its nuclear program because the country views this as its only means for self defense. Speaking on the...

Israeli warplanes strike Syria military position in Hama province, Syrian army says

Israeli officials have in the past admitted that Israel has attacked weapons shipments bound for Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group, an ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, without specifying which ones. Amos Yadlin, a former head of Israeli military...