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Queen Elizabeth II to miss Commonwealth meeting
The 87-year-old Queen Elizabeth II will skip the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Sri Lanka this fall — the first time she's missed the ...
UK, lawyers for Kenya torture victims in talks
Lawyers for Kenyans tortured during a rebellion against colonial rule in the 1950s said Monday that they are negotiating with the British government ...
Car bomber kills 7 in Somali capital
Seven people were killed Sunday morning when a suicide bomber attempted to ram a car laden with explosives into a military convoy escorting a ...
Indonesia protests UK against separatist office
Indonesia has filed a strong protest against the British government over the opening of a Papua separatist organization's office in the United Kingdom
UK lawmaker denies sex assault, rape allegations
A senior British Conservative Party politician arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault said Sunday the allegations against him are ...
Cameron's Conservatives suffer in UK local votes
David Cameron's Conservatives took a drubbing in local elections amid a surge of support for an anti-European Union and anti-immigration party, ...
Afghan interpreters launch UK legal bid
Three Afghan interpreters who worked with British troops launched a legal bid on Friday challenging the U.K. government's decision not to give them ...
Man acquitted of Real IRA murder of 2 UK soldiers
A man suspected of involvement in the Real IRA faction's killing of two British soldiers in Northern Ireland in 2009 has been acquitted of murder ...
Cameron to raise case of Britons detained in Dubai
Prime Minister David Cameron says he will press the president of the United Arab Emirates to investigate the alleged abuse of three Britons jailed in ...
UK to cut off aid to South Africa in 2015
The British government said Tuesday it will cut off direct aid to South Africa in 2015 in light of the nation's emergence as a regional economic power ...
British warship patrols waters of Turks & Caicos
The British Navy has been called in to help the Turks & Caicos Islands fend off Haitian migrants. Monday's statement from the Caribbean territory's ...
UK concerned over treatment of suspects in UAE
The British government says it has expressed concern to United Arab Emirates authorities over allegations that three Britons held in Dubai on drug ...
Beekeepers create buzz with UK Parliament protest
Scores of worried beekeepers — and a brace of fashionistas — have gathered outside Britain's Parliament in a bid to convince the government to back ...
UK: Thatcher funeral cost taxpayers $5.6M
The British government says former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's funeral cost taxpayers 3.6 million pounds ($5.6 million), mostly for security.
UK deputy leader: Surveillance bill won't happen
A mass Internet monitoring program touted by Britain's government as a terror-fighting tool is unworkable, the country's deputy leader said Thursday, ...
Push to alter British succession rules nearly done
Legislation that will end a centuries-old British rule that puts boys before girls in the succession to the throne has cleared the House of Lords, and ...
Rights groups: UK must end army recruitment at 16
Rights campaigners are taking aim at a British military policy that puts the U.K. in the same league as North Korea and Iran: recruiting soldiers ...