
UK banking commission urges better standards
British bankers could soon be facing harsher penalties for behaving badly. After a year which has seen major scandals involving rate-rigging, ...
A year on, Assange stays put in Ecuadorean Embassy
A year ago, Julian Assange skipped out on a date with Swedish justice. Rather than comply with a British order that he go to the Scandinavian country ...

G-8 seeks unity on Syrian peace talks, tax evasion
President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other G-8 leaders attempted to speak with one voice Tuesday on seeking a negotiated ...

Obama's influence, limitations on display at G-8
Now a veteran of the international summit scene, President Barack Obama wielded significant influence over the agenda at this week's Group of Eight ...
Sun foreign correspondent charged in bribery probe
Police say The Sun newspaper's chief foreign correspondent has been charged over alleged corrupt payments to public officials. It's the latest in a ...
Obama: New Taliban office an important first step
President Barack Obama says the opening of a Taliban political office in Qatar is an important first step toward reconciliation between the Taliban ...

Trader charged in manipulation of Libor rate
Britain's Serious Fraud Office has charged a former trader with conspiracy to defraud in the rigging of a benchmark interest rate. The UK's official ...

Putin: US-Russia positions on Syria don't coincide
Russian President Vladimir Putin told President Barack Obama on Monday that their positions on Syria do not "coincide" but the two leaders said during ...

Syria's Assad: EU will pay price for arming rebels
Syria's president warned that Europe "will pay a price" if it delivers weapons to rebels fighting to topple him, saying in an interview published ...
How Britain spies on friends and rivals alike
Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden's leaks to the Guardian newspaper have thrown back the curtain on the world of diplomatic espionage, revealing ...

WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama, Putin nearby at G-8
If President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin want some extra quality time together at the Group of 8 meeting, they don't have to go ...

UK, Ecuador fail to reach deal on Julian Assange
Britain and Ecuador have failed to break the deadlock over the unresolved asylum case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Ecuador's Foreign Minister ...
Co-operative Group unveils rescue plan for bank
The Co-operative Group, Britain's biggest mutual business, announced a rescue plan Monday for its troubled banking arm — without involving the British ...

G-8 leaders to mull Syria, tax evasion, free trade
Police are expected to outnumber protesters Monday at the G-8 summit in Northern Ireland, where leaders will seek to narrow their differences on ...
Is it a bird? A plane? No, it's a G-8 drone
Northern Ireland police have a new eye in the sky just in time for the G-8 summit of world leaders. A unit of surveillance drones will be used here ...

Putin, Cameron still hopeful on Syria peace talks
The leaders of Britain and Russia said Sunday they're hopeful that Syria's warring factions can hammer out their differences at upcoming peace talks ...
UK police: 5 from diverted plane claim asylum
Five passengers from an EgyptAir flight diverted to a Scottish airport over an apparent threat to destroy the aircraft are now seeking asylum in ...

For Belfast, keeping peace means a city of walls
When President Obama comes to Belfast, he's expected to praise a country at peace and call for walls that separate Irish Catholics and British ...
Tourist boat sinks in Liverpool, no deaths
British authorities say that a tourist boat with 31 people on board sank in Liverpool, but there were no fatalities. The ambulance service said ...

Obama takes bolder Syria stand as G-8 talks open
After months of caution, President Barack Obama suddenly is positioned more aggressively on Syria than the global leaders he's joining at a summit ...

UK: Al-Qaida groups tried to get chemical weapons
Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday that Britain believes al-Qaida-linked groups in and around Syria have tried to acquire chemical weapons for ...

APNewsBreak: NSA leaker Snowden not welcome in UK
The British government has warned airlines around the world not to allow Edward Snowden, who leaked information on top-secret U.S.
Pope wades diplomatically into gay marriage debate
Pope Francis waded diplomatically into the gay marriage debate Friday, telling the Archbishop of Canterbury he wants to work together to promote ...
UK govt agrees with US assessment on Syria
The British government says it welcomes and agrees with the U.S. assessment that Syrian President Bashar Assad has used chemical weapons against ...