A World Health Organization spokesman says the agency may raise its pandemic level to its highest alert, signifying a swine flu pandemic.

A pregnant British woman who faces death by firing squad if she is convicted of drug smuggling could go on trial in Laos as early as Monday, a human rights group said Sunday.

Amy Winehouse has won a court order banning the paparazzi from pursuing her outside her London home, a source close to the singer’s management team said Saturday.

A British newspaper says singer Amy Winehouse has won a court order banning the paparazzi from pursuing her outside her London home.

When World Health Organization officials ask vaccine manufacturers to start producing vaccine to fight swine flu in a few weeks, they will be taking a calculated risk.

Poor countries likely to suffer most in a swine flu outbreak have the smallest stockpiles of antiviral medicines to fight it.

Coldplay members say they will reward recession-weary fans by giving away a free CD at all their shows this year.

He’s lost a major parliamentary vote, a key aide and, according to critics, his authority. So can British Prime Minister Gordon Brown avoid losing the looming national election?

Queen Elizabeth II was at home at Windsor Castle, the sentries who guard her were on duty, and the large park surrounding the magnificent building was full of tourists on a Sunday afternoon.

U.A. Fanthorpe, a highly regarded English poet who was first inspired by the human tragedy she saw in a neurological hospital, has died at age 79.