
Pakistan girl shot by Taliban in UK for care
Pakistan airlifted a wounded teenage activist shot by the Taliban to the United Kingdom on Monday for more specialized medical care and to protect her ...

UK's Cameron signs Scotland referendum deal
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron signed a deal Monday with the leader of Scotland's separatist administration on a referendum that could break ...

UK, Scotland to set out terms of independence vote
It's not a meeting David Cameron is likely to enjoy. The British prime minister is due to visit the leader of Scotland's separatist administration on ...

EU detractors slam Nobel Peace Prize decision
While some Europeans swelled with pride when the European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize, howls of derision erupted from the continent's large band ...
UK phone hacking victims urge press regulation
Dozens of Britons who believe their phones were illegally tapped by journalists have written to Prime Minister David Cameron urging him to consider ...

5 terror suspects from UK appear in US courts
An extremist Egyptian-born preacher entered a U.S. courtroom Saturday for the first time to face multiple terrorism charges, complaining that his ...
UK health secretary backs 12-week abortion limit
Britain's new health secretary has said he favors reducing the limit for women to have abortions from 24 weeks of pregnancy to 12, reigniting a ...

London mayor slams government delay on airports
London's mayor says the British government is risking economic catastrophe by not quickly expanding airport capacity. Boris Johnson says London is ...

Syrian military's text to rebels: 'Game over'
Cellphones in Syria rang, buzzed and chirped Thursday with an ominous text message from the military to members of the armed rebellion: "Game over.

UK's prime minister takes Letterman history quiz
U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron failed to excel on a British history quiz administered by U.S. talk show host David Letterman. Cameron was unable ...
Church of England group meets to select archbishop
Senior members of a Church of England commission are starting a three-day meeting Wednesday to select a new archbishop of Canterbury — the spiritual ...

Former Murdoch tabloid journalists face charges
Rebekah Brooks, the former chief of News Corp.'s British newspapers, and Andy Coulson, the ex-communications chief for Prime Minister David Cameron, ...

UK politician under fire for alleged 'pleb' remark
In class-conscious Britain, a Cabinet minister is in trouble over a four-letter word: "pleb." The single syllable was reportedly not the most profane ...
UK police arrest journalist in phone hacking probe
British police investigating the ongoing phone hacking scandal arrested a journalist Thursday on suspicion of taking part in a conspiracy to gather ...
News Corp. seeks dismissal of lawsuit over hacking
Attorneys for News Corp. asked a Delaware judge on Wednesday to dismiss a shareholder lawsuit alleging that company directors allowed a damaging ...

2 unarmed police officers shot dead in Britain
Two unarmed officers were gunned down by a wanted fugitive in the Manchester area of northern England on Tuesday, police said. The dramatic shooting ...

Topless tempest: Kate photos spark palace fury
Paparazzi, French media and a British royal: The publication of topless photos of Prince William's wife Kate has reunited the same players whose clash ...

UK police blamed the dead for 1989 stadium tragedy
British police and medics whose failures contributed to the deaths of 96 soccer fans in the country's worst sports disaster unfairly blamed the dead ...

Murray caps Britain's golden sports summer
First came the victory in the Tour de France. Then there were the stacks of medals at a dazzling Olympics at home. If that weren't enough to lift the ...

Murray's victory caps amazing summer for Britain
After reveling in a rousing Olympic summer of sporting success, Britain awoke Tuesday to another major milestone: Finally, after 76 years of waiting, ...

London stages parade to mark end of 2012 Games
Royal Air Force jets streaked through the sky above Buckingham Palace, leaving a red, white and blue trail of smoke as gold, silver and bronze medals ...

French tycoon's threat shakes Socialist tax plan
Bernard Arnault — the richest man in Europe — has ignited an uproar in France over taxes, citizenship, patriotism and what policies the government ...

Coldplay, Rihanna, Jay-Z close London Paralympics
Farewell, London. Good luck matching that, Rio. Coldplay, Rihanna and Jay-Z rocked the Olympic Stadium on Sunday night to give the biggest-ever ...

State Department to induct 1st American Chef Corps
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton believes in the power of food. Over more than three years as America's top diplomat, she has increasingly ...

Girl hid under bodies after French Alps slayings
For at least eight hours, the 4-year-old girl lay motionless, frightened and alone, hiding under her dead mother's skirt on the floor of a BMW after ...