Brazilian soldiers and police have exchanged gunfire with drug gang members, pinning them down in a massive Rio de Janeiro slum complex.About 800 troops...
Europe is facing more seemingly inevitable bail-outs as it battled to keep the debt crisis from engulfing country after country.Portugal passed austerity measures to...
The Obama administration has condemned as "irresponsible" the expected release of classified diplomatic cables by the WikiLeaks website and warned it will endanger "lives...
Stocks sank during Friday's shortened session as jittery traders were afraid to commit to any holdings ahead of the weekend amid lingering uncertainty surrounding...
The killer of headmaster Philip Lawrence has been bailed by detectives investigating a street mugging.Learco Chindamo, 30, was arrested on suspicion of mugging a...
Britain's energy giants are to be investigated by the industry watchdog after it emerged that recent price hikes have seen suppliers' profit margins soar...
The London market has been hit by further volatility amid uncertainty over the deepening eurozone debt crisis.Stock markets worldwide slumped into the red as...
A married couple have been convicted of a string of physical assaults against vulnerable youngsters at a children's home in the 1970s and 1980s.Morag...
