A former Labour MP is facing jail after becoming the first politician to have a conviction for making false parliamentary expenses claims.David Chaytor pleaded...
Foreign Secretary William Hague has sent Britain's condolences to people affected by forest fires in Israel that have claimed at least 41 lives.Firefighters have...
Angry youths took to the streets in Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan, burning tyres, hurling chunks of concrete and tearing down billboards after election...
Whistleblowing organisation WikiLeaks has moved its website to Switzerland as it struggled to remain open in the face of official and corporate moves to...
Fears over student protests have forced the Liberal Democrats to abandon a regional party conference in London.Demonstrators had pledged to target Saturday's event to...
Government chiefs have held an emergency weather meeting to discuss the nation's ability to cope - as pensioners were reported freezing to death and...