In the early hours of Thursday, August 9th, Argentina’s Senate narrowly voted down a bill to legalise elective abortion. Senators debated for more than 15 hours before voting 38 to 31, with two abstentions and one absentee, not to allow abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. Women’s rights ...

Being ever-connected via social media comes at a cost, suggest a series of studies examining how digital technology is affecting relationships

Of all of the benefits associated with EU membership the summer holiday undoubtedly showcased the best of them. With enticing exchange rates, freedom of the skies for UK airlines and seamless custom checks Benidorm became the new Blackpool as Brits flooded overseas for their annual dose of Mediterranean sun. According ...

Iain Martin, a Times columnist, took to Twitter to defend to Boris Johnson's recent comments about the Burka. The reactions to his tweet didn't go well. He battled on replying to his detractors for while, but eventually gave up, as it was relentless. Many reasons to dislike the burka, but ...

by Pat Levy Aeroplane food, cramped feet, bad movies, wandering the sterile walkways of Johannesburg Airport while waiting for a connecting flight…why put up with all this?  Answer: the hauntingly beautiful and supremely unspoiled Okavango delta in Botswana. Arriving at the country’s Maun airport, ferrying point for adventurers heading deep ...

The former PM has bought the luxury cabin on wheels for the garden of his Cornish bolthole

Boris Johnson has been blasted for portraying “ugly and naked Islamophobia” after controversially comparing women wearing burkas to bank robbers and letter boxes.

Straight-A pupil Anam Ahemdi, 16, took time out of her Summer holidays to urge the ex-Foreign Secretary to apologise for "letter box" remarks

Samantha Eastwood, 28, was found dumped in a ditch wrapped in a duvet and with masking tape over her eyes eight days after she went missing