Forum: Current Events

Science fiction writers have often imagined a world where pop pill to cure or curb a range of ills. But, according to a new book The Compass Of...

Research suggests that psychedelics may be better than antidepressants, which tend to dampen or suppress psychological problems without necessarily...

'In the wake of rampant and escalated fears over terror attacks on transport systems in major US cities, and a spate of false alarms, a US Senator is...

Just over a year ago, WikiLeaks released footage from a gunsight camera of an Apache helicopter engaged in an attack that killed two journalists and...

The Palestinian Authority says it has been unable to pay the salaries of tens of thousands of its staff because of Israel's decision to block funds...

US authorities have warned that 3,000 to 5,000 residents around the Mississippi River may be forced to evacuate the area due to flooding. The...

There is an excellent interview with former head of the Pakistani intelligence service, General Hamid Gul, here. He makes some very strong points. It...

TONY Blair received £400,000 from a fund for disadvantaged children to set up an office in a five-star hotel. Prime Minister David Cameron revealed...

A coalition of campaign groups says the right to hold demonstrations in Britain is being fatally undermined by hardened police tactics, mass criminal...

You must see this! Does this make you wonder how much footage from prominent world events is fake? How much fake news are we fed? Dictators,...

'Image captures of video footage from the Fukushima nuclear plant appear to show a fire. According to Alexander Higgins and other bloggers, the...

Apparently deciding that the risk of angering his constituents over a failure to act against Obamacare was worse than angering his Attorney General,...

Hundreds of years ago in what is now modern Honduras, Copán was a thriving civilization, a center of the cultural life of the Maya. Tens of thousands...

Criminal suspects are to be charged through the post under radical changes to free up police time, Theresa May will reveal today. Some offenders...

Chris Huhne’s estranged wife last night stood by an extraordinary claim that the Cabinet minister asked an aide to accept penalty points on his...

Former US Vice President Dick Cheney has praised harsh interrogation techniques such as waterboarding, saying they should be reinstated for...

Economist Morgan Kelly reveals in the Irish Times today that a deal last November to haircut approximately 30B Euro of Irish bank debt was sabotaged...

Several newspapers and Internet forums in the Arab world are reporting that Qatar has expressed its willingness to supply natural gas to Israel...

Dozens of African migrants were left to die in the Mediterranean after a number of European and Nato military units apparently ignored their cries...

Mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae (FNMA.OB) on Friday said it would ask for an additional $8.5 billion from taxpayers as it continues to suffer...

Hilarious sketches from the series three of 'That Mitchell and Webb Look.'