Severe floods triggered by torrential downpours have killed at least six people in southern Brazil and driven thousands from their homes.The Civil Defence department...
Voters will go to the polls in the Republic of Ireland on Friday February 25, the Dublin government has confirmed.After weeks of speculation, Taoiseach...
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has asked media regulator Ofcom to review the practicalities of a planned clampdown on illegal file-sharing on the internet.Powers to...
Egypt needs to have "broad-based government" that will allow an "orderly transition" in the country, William Hague has told MPs.The Foreign Secretary said he...
The Government's new crime-mapping website has attracted 300,000 hits a minute, leaving millions frustrated as the site crashed within hours of being launched.Up to...
BP's Russian billionaire partners in an Arctic exploration project have settled their immediate differences with the UK oil group.They had applied to a High...
