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(NewsPoint) – A loyalist flag protest which took place on Monday evening descended into violence once again, with an Alliance Party office attacked, and a police vehicle 'petrol-bombed'.The incident took place on Newtownards Road, east Belfast, and is the latest in a series of protests following the decision that the union flag would not be displayed on Belfast City Hall every day of the year, and could only be displayed on special days such as the Queen's birthday.Police are treating the attack close to Alliance Party MP Naomi Long's east Belfast office as attempted murder. A gang of six...

The music video of “Invasión” by a Mexican band The Plastics Revolution is the first ever music video filmed entirely using Instagram pictures.

"This is the very first music video done entirely on Instagram without any third party alterations. Every single frame of this music video is an actual picture that we ran through Instagram. We never shot any video. We only shot still photography," the band says.

Speaking to Petapixel, Arturo Perez Jr, who realized the music video, explained that all the pictures were not taken with an iPhone but a camera. He says...

BRUSSELS (AP) — Everyone's drawing lines in the sand, but the leaders are so far apart they might as well be on different beaches.

The European Union heads into a critical summit Thursday to hammer out a €1 trillion ($1.28 trillion) budget through 2020 — and it promises to be one of its most bitter fights in years.

Finding hard cash to prop up European unity has become a political quagmire for leaders facing angry, crisis-weary citizens at home. Complicating the task is that any one of the member states can veto a deal, giving each tremendous negotiating clout, with even...

Anti-austerity protesters have taken to the streets in their thousands as part of Europe-wide strike action.

In Portugal and Spain workers are on strike to oppose continued austerity measures, and the acceptance of austerity-focused 2012 budgets. In Italy and Greece walkouts are also planned with airports, schools, hospitals and public transport shutting down.

Public buildings such as libraries and council offices are shut in many of the participating cities, and people on the ground have reported that the majority of streets are empty, with shops shut and very little...