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Russia's closure of British Council offices outside of Moscow late last year has been condemned as "unacceptable" by UK peers. The House of Lords European Union committee accused the Russian authorities of targeting the British Council in order to force the UK to give way on unrelated foreign and... [read full story]
Earth has been subjected to some apocalyptic events in its 4.5-billion-year history. Now, a new Channel 4 programme, Catastrophe, looks at the science behind the destruction and reveals the threat our planet could still be under.
It's a fascinating document. Row after row of names, addresses, telephone numbers, emails. Column upon column of personal, professional and biographical detail - career, education, family, hobbies. Here are 12,801 of our fellow...
CORNWALLIS, Nova Scotia (Reuters) - The Pentagon is considering a plan to send more than 20,000 troops to Afghanistan over the next 12 to 18 months to help safeguard elections and quell rising Taliban violence, officials said...
