World stocks tumbled Wednesday after poor U.S. retail sales data provided fresh evidence that global efforts to restore confidence in the financial system will not be...

Britain is considering setting up a database of all phone and e-mail traffic in the country as part of a high-tech strategy to fight terrorism and crime, its top...

Britain’s top law-enforcement official says that the government is considering setting up a database of all phone and e-mail traffic in the country as part of a...

The former Libyan intelligence agent convicted of bombing Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland has won an important victory in his effort to have his conviction...

Madonna and filmmaker Guy Ritchie will end their marriage after nearly eight years, the couple said in a joint statement Wednesday.

Madonna’s spokeswoman says the singer and her husband, filmmaker Guy Ritchie, will divorce after 7 1/2 years together.

Madonna’s spokeswoman said Wednesday that the singer and her husband, Guy Ritchie, will divorce after 7 1/2 years together.

Iceland’s central bank slashed official interest rates by 3.5 percentage points on Wednesday as it warned that the collapse of its banking system will lead to a...

A 22-year-old man has pleaded guilty to attempting a suicide bomb attack on a family restaurant.

A 22-year-old man has pleaded guilty to attempting a suicide bomb attack on a family restaurant.

British newspapers say Madonna and Guy Ritchie are splitting up.

British newspapers say Madonna and Guy Ritchie are splitting up.

The British Library said Wednesday it has bought a major archive of materials by poet Ted Hughes from the writer’s estate for 500,000 pounds (US$880,000).

The threat of another major terrorist attack is building in Britain, a government security minister said Tuesday, a day after the House of Lords rejected a measure that...

World stock markets rose for a second day on Tuesday although a bout of profit-taking on Wall Street drained momentum late in the day.

Aravind Adiga has won the prestigious Man Booker prize for his first novel.

The parents of a 2-year-old boy who died after accidentally shooting himself with a gun he found at home pleaded not guilty to charges related to the death.

British students will have one less test to take. Education Secretary Ed Balls said Tuesday the government was scrapping its national testing of 14-year-olds in math,...

An article on the Saudi Arabian news channel, Al Arabiya (owned by the Saudi King’s brother-in-law), website details the case of a 105 year old British woman who...

Key lending rates between banks in the U.S. and Europe continued to fall slowly on Tuesday in response to combined pledges from governments to inject money into banks...