Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley has apologised for the "offence and hurt" caused after she suggested deaths caused by soldiers and police during the Troubles were not crimes. Ms Bradley faced calls to resign following the comments on Wednesday, which sparked criticism from victims of the security forces and nationalist political leaders, while the Irish […]

The UK’s Attorney General has boasted about the contents of his underpants in the House of Commons. Geoffrey Cox joked around with MPs today despite his talks with the EU having no breakthrough just 22 days before Brexit. He claimed his plan, to achieve change to the ‘Irish backstop’ in the Brexit deal, has "come […]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort will be sentenced by a U.S. judge in Virginia on Thursday for bank and tax fraud uncovered during Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 election. U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis could deliver effectively a life sentence to Manafort, […]

SINGAPORE – An area is to be set aside where drones can be tested for maritime applications. The “maritime drone estate” will be located near Marina South Pier and operated by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, Senior Minister of State for Transport Lam Pin Min announced […]

SINGAPORE – After years of investment on expanding and improving Singapore’s transport infrastructure, the topic of financial sustainability was raised by Acting Transport Minister Vivian Balakrishnan in Parliament on Thursday (March 7). Dr Balakrishnan pointed out that spending on transport has “more than doubled over the last 10 years, from $5.4 billion in 2009 to […]

The first shots of the local and European elections were fired by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in a Dublin hotel last night. His speech announcing former Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald and ex-SDLP leader Mark Durkan as candidates was peppered with political swings. But buried in the contribution was a promise that is likely to be more significant […]

The Prime Minister was handed another defeat by Parliament over Brexit last night. The House of Lords demanded she look again at plans to leave the customs union – a move that could trigger a softer Brexit. At almost the same time, Jeremy Corbyn was holding secretive talks with Tory backbenchers that could have the […]

Theresa May last night faced anger over her stubborn refusal to link knife crime to police cuts. As another young victim was stabbed to death, Home Secretary Sajid Javid even ­disagreed with her. He said: “I think police resources are very important to deal with this. We’ve got to do everything we can. I’m absolutely […]

Jeremy Corbyn is working with Tory backbenchers to try to reach a ‘soft’ Brexit deal that can get the support of Parliament. The Labour leader held in-depth talks with a cross-party group of MPs who are backing a Norway-plus style Brexit. Afterwards, he said felt “more certain” and “more determined” than ever that a sensible […]

WASHINGTON — House Democratic leaders have put off a vote on a resolution condemning anti-Semitism and bigotry after a backlash from rank-and-file lawmakers who said Representative Ilhan Omar, whose comments gave rise to the measure, was being unfairly singled out. Representative Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland, the No. 2 Democrat, told reporters on Wednesday morning […]