UK officer punished for passing nuclear secrets
A Royal Navy petty officer who worked on nuclear submarines was sentenced to eight years in prison Wednesday for passing secrets to British agents ...

UK hospital: Nurse involved in Kate hoax call dies
The news that Prince William and the former Kate Middleton were expecting their first child — joyous news for a couple looking forward to starting a ...

Hospital: Nurse involved in Kate hoax call dies
A nurse who fell victim to a prank telephone call seeking information about the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge has died, the London hospital where she ...

US aware of Assad asylum offers
The Obama administration said Wednesday that several countries in the Middle East and elsewhere have informally offered to grant asylum to Syrian ...

US reacts with joy to royal baby news
An heir to the British throne is on the way — and Americans may be as enthralled as the Brits. This former colony has been riveted by the royal news ...

Will and Kate expecting a baby, UK palace confirms
Britain doesn't have to wait any longer: Prince William's wife, Kate, is pregnant. St. James's Palace made the announcement Monday, saying that the ...
Russian whistleblower's death in UK unexplained
British officials are investigating the unexplained death of a Russian businessman, a key witness against Russian officials who allegedly stole $230 ...
BBC settles libel suit from wronged politician
The BBC reached a settlement Thursday with the Conservative politician wrongly implicated in a child sex abuse scandal. The BBC has already apologized ...

Europeans hoping to fight in Syria raise new fears
European governments have been among the most vocal supporters of Syria's rebels — to a point: Last week, Muslims in Britain and France accused of ...
Police investigate 2 in journalist kidnapping
British police are investigating Wednesday whether a British man and woman arrested on suspicion of supporting terrorism offenses in Syria were part ...

Security at Paralympics lighter but still tight
The no-fly zone has shrunk and the missiles have been put to bed, but security around London's upcoming Paralympic Games will still be tight.

Norway gunman declared sane, sent away to prison
It was during breaks between marathon video game sessions in his mother's apartment in Oslo that Anders Behring Breivik drafted his complicated and ...

Doom and gloom: Olympic wins trump critics
For skeptics, the Olympics were deliciously doomed: London's transport network would surely fail, Britain's athletes would flop, rain would prevail ...

EYES ON LONDON: For London Olympics, farewell time
This is the final installment of Eyes on London, which roamed the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing ...

EYES ON LONDON: London games close, Rio gets ready
Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you: ___ RIO ...

Terror-free Olympics? No accident, officials say
The rooftop missiles might have scared them off. Then again, it might have been the imposing warship or the army of undercover agents. Whatever the ...

EYES ON LONDON: Happy dances, Gator pride, Twitter
Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you: ___ FANCY ...

Spain terror arrests put paragliding in spotlight
The history of terror plots is filled with unusual schemes, from an underwear bomber to model planes filled with explosives — showing how would-be ...

Jamaicans eye solid-gold party on London home turf
The Jamaicans of London have got their soul food sizzling, their Red Stripe on ice and their expectations sky high. They're ready for what they hope ...

Parents found guilty of murdering daughter in UK
The girl was murdered by her Pakistani parents for her Western ways. And it was her little sister who bravely told jurors how her mother and father ...

EYES ON LONDON: A downpour - and who will medal?
___ IT'S RAINING, IT'S POURING Bound to happen. These Olympics are in London, after all. And the first serious rain of the athletics competition hit ...

Ghost town: London businesses bemoan Olympic slump
It is the best of times, it is the worst of times. The Olympics have turned London into a tale of two cities, with shops, hotels, theaters and ...

Oldest 100-meter champ honored in London
The oldest 100-meter Olympic champion is back in London for the games — only this time as a celebrated athlete, not a scrawny kid from Cleveland who ...

Teen cited for harassing British diver on Twitter
A U.K. teenager was arrested and cited for harassment Tuesday for posting malicious Twitter messages directed at British Olympic diver Tom Daley, ...
UK police arrest teen over Olympic tweets
A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of posting malicious Twitter messages directed at British Olympic diver Tom Daley, U.K. police said Tuesday.