In the same week as Policing and Justice has been transferred from London to the devolved Stormont administration, the trial of Gerry McGeough has opened in Belfast. McGeough, a former senior official of Sinn Féin and member of its ard Comhairle; and the much feared Provisional IRA East Tyrone Brigade, is charged with PIRA membership in 1975, and the attempted murder of a UDR man in 1981, m...

No, really: This atmosphere is vividly reflected on the January 3rd report by Joseon Shinbo, the official newsletter for North Korean-Japanese Association [TK: 조총련], which described the throng of people at Pyongyang Department Store No. 1. According to the report,...

Hundreds of local records which would reveal the extent of Lord Ashcroft's donations to the Conservative Party during the crucial last few weeks of the 2005 general election campaign have been destroyed the Electoral Commission has confirmed.

By Neil O'Brien The little groups of forlorn-looking smokers you normally see outside Government buildings have been replaced over the last few days by gangs of official pickets in fluorescent jackets. The PCS union has been striking in protest at...

A top Federal Reserve official indicated that the target for full employment in the US economy could be raised in the wake of the job losses incurred during the recession

Believe it or not, this jihadi is only the second American woman to be charged with these crimes other than Lynn Stewart, Sheik Omar Abdul Rahman's treasonous lawyer who passed secret messages for the Blind Sheik to his terrorist pals. For "conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, conspiracy to kill in a foreign country, making false statements to a government official and attemp...

Many people, especially those above 35 living in Eastern Europe, still associate 8 March with the old official Communist celebrations, with faded red cloves and drunken men 'celebrating' Women's Day. But gradually the day, which symbolises female emancipation, has gained new legitimacy, a tour of the EurActiv network reveals.

Catalan, Basque, Galician, Welsh and Scots Gaelic should be made official languages of the European Union, MEPs said last week, accusing Brussels of failing to protect "the rights of millions of speakers of non-official EU languages" and calling on the EU institutions to do "much more" to promote multilingualism.  

Gordon Brown's association with his friend Charlie Whelan, the trade union official, is damaging British business, the Conservatives have suggested.

Harriet Harman is threatening to force companies to do more in appointing female directors, in an attempt to end the "old boy network" in boardrooms.