Britain

Crime and gangs: the path to battle for Australia's Islamist radicals

The children of refugees who fled Lebanon's civil war for peaceful Australia in the 1970s form a maj...

Oct 07, 2014 03:46 AM EDT

UKIP leader says Cameron's EU plan a 'gross deception'

The leader of Britain's anti-EU party UKIP on Saturday predicted that divisions between rich and poo...

Oct 04, 2014 10:58 PM EDT

Islamic State video shows second British hostage beheaded

Islamic State militants beheaded British aid worker Alan Henning in a video posted on Friday, trigge...

Oct 04, 2014 03:30 AM EDT

Rising rural wages in Asia will reduce extreme poverty: report

The rise in rural wages now taking place across Asia could lift hundreds of millions of people out o...

Oct 02, 2014 04:19 AM EDT

Investors join forces to sue Lloyds over HBOS deal

Investors are joining forces to sue Britain's biggest retail bank Lloyds and five former executives,...

Oct 01, 2014 12:38 AM EDT

Trafficking victims in Europe forced into life of crime

Linh, a 14-year-old Vietnamese girl, is found in a cannabis farm during a police raid in the Netherl...

Sep 30, 2014 04:27 AM EDT

Britain to convene all-party talks to resolve Northern Ireland deadlock

Britain announced on Sunday that it would convene all-party talks to try and resolve a political dea...

Sep 29, 2014 12:08 AM EDT

Hong Kong democracy protesters defy tear gas, baton charge in historic standoff

Riot police advanced on Hong Kong democracy protesters in the early hours of Monday, firing volleys ...

Sep 28, 2014 07:24 PM EDT

No breakthrough in Iran nuclear talks, sides agree to keep talking

Iran and six world powers made little progress in overcoming significant disagreements in the most r...

Sep 27, 2014 02:35 AM EDT

British PM Cameron urges parliament to back 'years' of air strikes against IS in Iraq

British Prime Minister David Cameron urged parliament on Friday to vote to approve "years" of air st...

Sep 26, 2014 06:47 AM EDT

Scots independence polls close, UK's future in the balance

Scotland has voted on whether to stay within the United Kingdom or declare independence to break the...

Sep 18, 2014 07:54 PM EDT

Divided, Scots prepare to vote on fate of the United Kingdom

Just hours before Scotland's independence referendum, the fate of the United Kingdom rests on hundre...

Sep 17, 2014 10:53 PM EDT

Ignored and fed up, UK regions call for Scottish-style devolution

Scotland's chance to vote for independence has lit hopes in other regions of Britain that a reworkin...

Sep 17, 2014 02:58 AM EDT

Polls show Scottish opponents of independence with slight lead ahead of vote

Scottish supporters of staying in the United Kingdom are 4 percentage points ahead of secessionists ...

Sep 16, 2014 08:46 PM EDT

Ahead of independence vote, Britain pledges state funding to Scotland

Britain promised to guarantee Scotland high levels of state funding, granting Scots greater control ...

Sep 16, 2014 10:01 AM EDT

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