Graeme Mackay

Islam appears to be a religion at civil war with itself, with non-believers caught in a deadly crossfire.

Phil Woolas election victory was quashed using the same act SNP supporters are now using against Alistair Carmichael.

Andy Burnham admitted that the previous Labour government had been found wanting on the economy and the Party would not return to power unless the electorate judged them to be competent.

Labour has gone from facing a strong challenge from the SNP as recently as February this year, to the prospect of facing a humiliating debacle at their hands.

Just 2.4 million people in Scotland could determine the fate of the whole United Kingdom

Who could possibly be wanting a transfer of some of that Mansion Tax yield?

Visit York and one is spoilt for choice but now Leicester has adopted this particular "son of York" and is on to a winner!

Years of 'reform' and 'privatisation' saw many a protesting group of workers demand imprisonment for men such as Nemtsov.

About two per cent of the UK's economy is affected by North Sea oil and gas with direct and indirect employment reported to be in the region of 450,000

The bill will bring an end to the collection of debts owed for non-payment of the Community Charge (aka Poll Tax) in Scotland.

An example of this "Silk Road" is the container rail freight service between Duisburg, Germany and Chongqing with a major rail/road container service centre at Xi'an's "Inland Port"

Ukip's General Secretary, Roger Bird, was suspended on full pay pending an investigation into "allegations of impropriety"

Support for the Occupy Central movement and its offshoots is widely reported to be less than 20 per cent and there is no doubt that the disruption has caused very serious economic damage

In the run up to the Asia Pacific Economic Summit (APEC) in Beijing which got down to business on 10 November 2014, polluting factories in the Municipality and provinces close by, were ordered to shut or curtail their operations in order to reduce the host city's air pollution which can be particularly bad when there is no wind to disperse it.

On the eve of the Scottish Independence Referendum the SNP had some 25,000 members. It has now surpassed 75,000 and rising. Nothing will be quite the same again.

No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

On 13 September 2013, the slim, bearded Saif al-Islam Gaddafi faced a judge in a courtroom to hear the prosecutors' case against him.

Fifteenth August 1914 marks the collapse of the final forts around the city of Liège in Belgium. Why should a defeat be remembered?

Football is so important in Brazil that this defeat and the team's relegation to seventh in FIFA's ranking, are matters that concern the highest echelons of government.

Whether Germany won or lost in the World Cup final, the German sports firm Adidas had already won as the sponsor of both the German team and their rivals from Argentina.

Mr Maliki could well insist that he should be replaced by another member of his State of the Law bloc and thereby remain as the real power behind the scenes.

The Government of President Goodluck Jonathan seems to be in a state of permanent, enfeebled hand wringing over the fate of the pupils.

General Prayuth Chan-ocha, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army, dissolved Thailand's last functioning democratically elected body,

Boko Haram was founded in 2002 and launched its violent campaign demanding that Nigeria become an Islamic state with harsh Sharia law, in 2009 – well before the War against Libya.

Late in the evening of 8 May 1945 Field Marshall Wilhem Keitel signed Germany's ratified surrender terms to Soviet Marshall Zhukov

Approval rating of French president bombs to all-time low

With an army of 40,000 to 50,000 troops carrying out "exercises" it is difficult to see any tangible results arising from talks between Russia and the US.

On the margins? Mr Benn in the late 60s was pencilled in for the top.

On 23 February 2014, Russia's Sochi Winter Olympics Medal Tally was first with a total of 13 Gold, 11 Silver and nine Bronze, with Norway coming second and Canada third in the medal table. Russia's neighbour and close ally, Belarus, won a very respectable five Gold. Russia can take much satisfaction in staging a very successful Games.