I heard today that Donald Trump has introduced a new law. From now on convicted suicide bombers will face the death penalty.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/48125425 Caster Semenlya, a female athlete, has been disqualified from a race she won because her...
Trump says he is thinking of cancelling the Iran agreement because he says "it is the worst agreement ever". Has he actually said what is wrong...
Charlotte, Tulsa, Sandy Hook, Columbine. The list is endless. Are Americans (including the police) emotionally fit to bear arms?
On a visit to Poland, Pope Francis has said that "the world is at war" but "religion is not the cause....
In a year when the US may get a female president, the UK will get its second female Prime Minister....
July 1st marks 100 years since the start of the Battle of the Somme in World War One. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36674451 19,000 British...
Today, July 1st, marks 100 years since the start of the Battle of the Somme. http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zy98xsg On the first day of this...
I have not found this mentioned on PF so far, so here goes: Democrats staged an overnight sit-in in Congress to try to force a vote on gun...
It has emerged that the largest US pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, recently took steps to prevent its drugs being used in lethal injections....
Many people in both the U.S. and the UK often refer to the President of the United States as "the leader of the free world". He is not! He is...
Should polls in the Opinion Polls thread that do not include polls be deleted by the mods?
President Barack Obama is today on a state visit to Cuba today. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-35856126 I am glad to see...
Donald Trump has been named one of the top 10 greatest risks to global stability, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit. They say that...
A Muslim family of nine from London, including four children, were refused permission to board a flight to the US out of Gatwick airport on 15...
As the sun gets low in the western sky at 3pm GMT on Christmas Eve the traditional start to Christmas gets underway. In the candel-lit chapel of...
George W. Bush, he took a world that was sympathetic with the US after 9/11 and completely threw away that sympathy.
Given that the majority of West Africa is Muslim, do they even care that it's Christmas?
Senator Mitch McConnell (Rep, Kentucky) was on BBC News this morning saying "Let's take America back". Back where, Mitch? The 19th century?
I hear the word "liberal" being bandied around on this forum, usually pejoratively What does the word "liberal" mean to you? As far as the...
More than 300 Holocaust survivors and their descendants have issued a statement condemning what they call Israel's "genocide" in Gaza. The...
Since so few people in America seem to give a damn about Gaza, I present the following news from the BBC: Gaza death toll over 1,000 - Israeli...
UN's Navi Pillay warns of Israel Gaza 'war crimes' The UN's top human rights official has condemned Israel's military actions in the Gaza Strip,...
It seems that all through history, since Jesus was a lad, Jews have been persecuted by many cultures from the Spanish Inquisition to Nazi Germany....
Why are Americans so in favour of Israel and against Palestinians?
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