Spain is coming under criticism for reportedly preparing to allow the refuelling of Russian warships en route to bolstering the bombing campaign against the besieged Syrian city Aleppo.

British prime minister David Cameron got his way as gay marriage legislation cleared its first hurdle in the House of Commons last night — but saw his party split down the middle.

Ed Miliband today declared that Labour was “winning back people’s trust” after a night of big gains in mid-term local elections across Britain.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s pledge to ban militant Islamic groups will be seen by Muslims as “stifling legitimate political dissent”, a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir said today.

A British MP warned today that passions may be inflamed by the showing of the film Bloody Sunday near the 30th anniversary of the tragedy in Derry.