Almost 300 assisted suicides in Switzerland per year
Five out of every 1,000 deaths in Switzerland now involve assisted suicide, with women more likely to die this way than men, according to the first official figures released. authorities […]
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Hibatur Rehman
Assisted suicide: UK MP tells Commons how dying father took own life
An MP fought back tears last night as he told the Commons how his terminally ill father gassed himself alone in his car rather than die a “lingering, degrading death” […]
Asma al-Assad: EU travel ban will not stop Bashar al-Assad’s wife travelling to UK
Asma al-Assad, the British-born wife of the Syrian president, has been subjected to a travel ban and asset freeze in the European Union, after revelations about an online shopping spree […]
John Sentamu attacks ‘aggressive atheism’
Christianity is under threat from a new, intolerant brand of “aggressive atheism” intent on driving religion out of public life, the Archbishop of York warned yesterday. Christianity is under threat […]
UK: Pain for motorists as filling car with petrol touches £100
The cost of filling a large family car with petrol rose to almost £100 yesterday, as forecourt prices reached record heights. The AA said the cost of unleaded petrol reached […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK holding its annual Peace Symposium on March 24
“Conferences such as these provide a platform for people to come together and demonstrate strength in unity. But it is at the grassroots that the real hard work is done to build […]
Foundation Stone For New Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque in Walsall, UK
FOUNDATION STONE FOR NEW AHMADIYYA MUSLIM MOSQUE LAID IN WALSALL TOWN CENTRE, UNITED KINGDOM. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat is pleased to announce that on 18 March 2012, its world leader, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad laid […]
Peace Campaign Launched at Rochester Cathedral by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, UK
From London, to Glasgow and across the UK, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Peace Campaign is spreading right across the nation bringing hope in this age. Rochester Cathedral is England’s second oldest, […]
UK could lose coveted AAA rating, warns Fitch
Fitch Ratings has warned it could downgrade the United Kingdom’s AAA rating in the next couple of years if the government fails to contain the expansion of its public debt. […]
Russia to finally send man to the Moon
Russia will send a team of cosmonauts to the Moon, 60 years after Neil Armstrong’s Apollo mission effectively ended the US-Soviet space race. A spacecraft will “conduct a demonstrative manned […]
Brits cut back on Champagne as austerity bites
Britons drank almost one million fewer bottles of Champagne last year than they did in 2010, in the latest sign that consumers are cutting back on the finer things in […]
European prisoner population doubles over decade
The number of European criminals in English prisons has doubled over the past decade, while only a handful are being sent home to complete their sentences. Official figures show […]
UK: Our big mistake was to assume we had won, says British ambassador to Afghanistan
Sir William Patey, the British ambassador to Afghanistan, has spoken frankly about what he sees as the errors and failings in the country over the past decade. With two weeks […]
Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg goes after the ultra-rich
Nick Clegg today demands the introduction of a “tycoon tax” which will mean that wealthy Britons have to pay a minimum rate of tax on their total annual earnings of […]
UK: Nigeria hostage murder: Italy demands answers on failed rescue bid
Italy’s foreign minister said Friday that Rome wanted Britain to communicate further details on its failed Nigeria rescue bid “in the next hours”. Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata said after talks […]
New Ahmadiyya Mosque inaugurated by World Muslim Leader
Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad says that Holy Qur’an is a book of peace. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat is pleased to announce that on 24 February 2012, its world leader, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad inaugurated the […]
EU withdraws £106,000 ‘racist’ propaganda video
The European Union has withdrawn a £106,000 propaganda video promoting itself as a force for world peace after complaints of “racism”. Last week’s short “viral” internet film shows a white […]
UK: Far-right Supporters Agree with Armed Attacks
Significant numbers of far-right supporters in the UK consider violence and “armed conflict” a legitimate form of political expression, experts will warn this week. The first audit into the attitudes […]
Falcons will be brought in to scare away birds pecking at the Colosseum
Falcons are to be introduced in the skies over the ancient Roman Colosseum in a bid to scare away birds that are pecking away at the 2,000-year-old stone facade. Seagulls, […]
Libyan rebels desecrate graves of British war heroes
Libyan rebels, freed from the regime of Colonel Gaddafi, have been captured on film smashing the graves of more than 150 British soldiers killed in North Africa during the Second […]