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Hundreds of anti-brexit protesters march on Labour party conference

Hundreds of anti-brexit protesters march on Labour party conference

Hundreds of anti-brexit protesters descended on the first day of Labours annual party conference in Brighton on Sunday. Protesters are calling for a u-turn on the referendum decision to leave the European Union. They chanted Exit Brexit outside the venue where the four day Labour party conference is being held. Leader of the Party, Jeremy Corbyn, has said he will listen Labour members who wish to remain in the single market. Meanwhile 40 senior Labour figures have signed an open letter calling for Jeremy Corbyn to commit to staying in the custom union and single market once Britain has left the EU.
Sep 25, 2017
By Staff Reporter
German Chancellor Angela Merkel re-elected for fourth term in office

German Chancellor Angela Merkel re-elected for fourth term in office

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been re-elected for a fourth term in office on 24 September. Polling data from public broadcaster ARD / infratest-dimap said Merkel and amp;#39;s centre right CDU / CSU alliance won 32.5% of the vote, ahead of the centre-left Social Democratic Party on 20% and the AfD.
Sep 25, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Saudi-led air strike kills driver in Yemen

Saudi-led air strike kills driver in Yemen

A Saudi-led air strike targeted a bridge and hit a dairy product truck in the northwest of Yemen, killing the driver and causing serious damages to the bridge, according to local witnesses.
Sep 25, 2017
By Staff Reporter
NBAs Stephen Curry responds to Donald Trumps un-invitation

NBAs Stephen Curry responds to Donald Trumps un-invitation

NBA star Stephen Curry responded to President Trumps twitter message saying, Its not what leaders do. In an early morning Twitter message on 24 September, the president rescinded a White House invitation to basketball star Stephen Curry, who had said he would vote against the planned visit by the NBA champion Golden State Warriors.
Sep 24, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Germany starts voting as history beckons for Merkel

Germany starts voting as history beckons for Merkel

Germans began voting on 24 September in an election expected to be won by incumbent Chancellor Angela Merkels conservatives of the CDU. Merkel is widely expected to cruise to re-election for a fourth term, with Martin Schulzs Social Democrats trailing by double digits.
Sep 24, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Seven famous books you wont believe were banned

Seven famous books you wont believe were banned

Banned Book Week, held this year between 24-30 September, celebrates the freedom to read. Heres a look at some of the most famous books that have banned at some point.
Sep 24, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Iran tests new ballistic missile hours after showing it off at military parade

Iran tests new ballistic missile hours after showing it off at military parade

Irans state media on Saturday (September 23) reported that the country successfully tested a new ballistic missile with a range of 2,000km (1,200 miles) which it displayed at a military parade a day earlier.The missile launch is likely to make U.S. hackles rise as it came days after Donald Trump called Iran an economically depleted rogue state that exports violence.
Sep 23, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Angela Merkels rise to power

Angela Merkels rise to power

Angela Merkel is set to become Germanys longest-serving chancellor if she wins the election on 24 September.
Sep 23, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Pakistan rakes up Kashmir issue at UN, accuses India of war crimes

Pakistan rakes up Kashmir issue at UN, accuses India of war crimes

Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi sought the intervention of the international community into Indias crimes in Kashmir as he addressed the UN General Assembly on Thursday (21 September). He also urged the UN Secretary-General to appoint a special envoy on Kashmir.
Sep 22, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Anti-Erodgan protesters punched as theyre escorted out of New York event

Anti-Erdogan protesters punched as they're escorted out of New York event

At least two people protesting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan were punched as they were escorted from an event Erdoğan was speaking at.Erdoğan was addressing the Turkish American National Steering Committee in New York.The protesters received an angry response from most people in the audience who began chanting in support of Erdoğan.
Sep 22, 2017
By Staff Reporter