Politics

• Thursday, October 1st 2015 - 07:26 UTC

  Labour ‘absolutely’ committed to Gibraltar’s self-determination

  

  The Gibraltar Chronicle reports that Britain’s Labour Party this week gave an ‘absolute’ commitment to uphold the right of the people of Gibraltar to self-determination. Speaking at a reception organized by the Gibraltar Government on the fringe of the Labour Party conference in Brighton, Hilary Benn, the shadow Foreign Secretary, was unequivocal with his words.

• Thursday, October 1st 2015 - 05:19 UTC

  Falklands: Argentina waiting for a reply to its project to identify remains buried at Darwin

  

  Argentina is concerned that there has been no reply from the UK regarding its initiative and request to identify the remains of the Argentine combatants buried at the Darwin cemetery, or Argentine memorial, in the Falkland Islands, according to a release from the Argentine foreign ministry.

• Wednesday, September 30th 2015 - 09:42 UTC

  Conciliatory China rejects 'hegemony'; pledges to take the lead in funds 'for peace and development'

  

  Chinese President Xi Jinping promised support for a permanent UN police squad and African peacekeeping as he vowed a peaceful rise for the Asian power.

• Wednesday, September 30th 2015 - 09:21 UTC

  French Mistral helicopter carriers, originally for Russia, sold to Egypt

  

  France has agreed to sell two Mistral helicopter carriers to Egypt for 950 million Euros after their sale to Russia was canceled in August, French officials said on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, September 30th 2015 - 07:46 UTC

  Obama and Castro renew calls for an end to US trade embargo against Cuba

  

  President Barack Obama met his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro on Tuesday at the United Nations and renewed calls for an end to the US trade embargo against Havana.

• Wednesday, September 30th 2015 - 07:12 UTC

  Falklands launches on-line shopping service for philatelic products

  

  The Falkland Island Government and Falklands Post Service Ltd have announced the launch of our new on-line shopping service for philatelic products.

• Wednesday, September 30th 2015 - 06:54 UTC

  Argentina furious with Washington over top-spy 'hiding' in the US

  

  Argentina and the US are on collision course following president Cristina Fernandez complaint of lack of cooperation from Washington, in helping locate a former Argentine spy, head of special operations, who apparently is hiding 'or being protected' in the US, and has been summoned by prosecutors in Buenos Aires.

• Wednesday, September 30th 2015 - 06:38 UTC

  Plenty of Cristina's friends referred to the Malvinas claim at the UN

  

  Although president Cristina Fernandez, to the surprise of many, did not mention a word about Argentina's claim over the Falkland Islands, particularly since this was her last address to the UN General Assembly, Minister Hector Timerman said that nobody could doubt the president's commitment to the Malvinas question, and there were plenty of mentions to the issue from allied countries.

• Tuesday, September 29th 2015 - 10:32 UTC

  “Even in jail I will fight for a free Venezuela”

  

  By Leopoldo López - Prisión de Ramo Verde, Venezuela. On Feb. 12, 2014, the repressive and inept elite that governs Venezuela ordered my arrest on charges of conspiracy, arson, inciting violence, damage to public property and other crimes.

• Tuesday, September 29th 2015 - 07:37 UTC

  Boehner calls hard-line conservatives 'false prophets' and pledges funds for Planned Parenthood

  

  Blasting hard-line conservatives as “false prophets,” US House Speaker John Boehner on Sunday said Congress will avoid a government shutdown this week and he will push through as much unfinished legislation as possible before leaving at the end of October.