A female genital mutilation (FGM) protection order has been issued to safeguard four young sisters after fears were raised one of them could be taken abroad to be mutilated.

The Prime Minister will tell Cabinet colleagues he is recommending a House of Commons vote on Wednesday on air strikes against the Islamic State terror group.

By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) – A judge on Monday set a $1.5 million bond for a white Chicago police officer charged with murder after a patrol car's dashboard camera video showed him shooting a black teenager 16 times. Officer Jason Van Dyke, who appeared in shackles, must post 10 percent of the total amount. […]

The U.S. Federal Reserve and European Central Bank are expected to deliver sharply contrasting policy decisions next month, reflecting how the world’s two largest economies have moved from the Great Recession to the Great Divide. The U.S. and euro zone central banks have been on a similar path of monetary easing since the financial and […]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) may again delay its decision on the deal, seeking more concessions from Staples, the Post reported, citing two people familiar with the matter. Two of the four FTC commissioners looking into the deal are believed to oppose it, the newspaper reported. Staples’ shares fell 1.8 percent to $12.09 in afternoon […]

Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) and the Justice Department want a U.S. judicial panel to centralize in Detroit hundreds of civil lawsuits alleging the German automaker defrauded consumers and shareholders, according to court filings. The U.S. Multi-District Litigation panel will hold a hearing Dec. 3 in New Orleans to determine if and where to consolidate more than […]

The activists also said they supported the plea of Rania Awwad‚ “a Palestinian Christian from the town of Bethlehem in Palestine…to Woolworths' directors to end their relations with Israel in the same manner that international companies terminated …

Cape Town – Activists from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) movement bombarded the directors of Woolworths with questions at its Annual General Meeting (AGM), calling for them to abort all trade with Israel. Members of the #BoycottWoolworths …

The court delayed the verdict for the third and chief suspect in the case due to a last-minute insanity plea, sparking claims that Israel is too lenient with Jewish assailants. The court found the two Israeli minors guilty of killing Mohammed Abu …

Israel's Ambassador to Hungary, Ilan Mor, harshly condemned the mayor, saying his comments "again prove that there are those who have not learned from history and continue to propagate negative views and conspiracy theories against the Jewish state, …