UK PM Gordon Brown tells a G20 summit there should be a new contract with the world's banks to make ...

A woman and her two-year-old daughter are attacked during an attempted robbery in north-west London, the Metropolitan Police says.

The head of the body drafting new rules for MPs' expenses reportedly says he may not implement all the proposed ...

A murder inquiry is under way after a fatal house fire thought to have been caused by a firework pushed ...

Rain and strong winds gave way to sunshine Saturday morning at St. Andrews, where the Group of 20 industrialized and ...

West Yorkshire Police investigate after two men are shot in one night in Bradford.

Eight years of war have left people in Afghanistan exhausted, impatient and increasingly unsure that the Taliban can be defeated.

Phil Mickelson charged past arch-rival Tiger Woods on the back nine of the third round on Saturday to take a ...

The UK's oldest public museum, the Ashmolean, reopens after a £61m redevelopment.

Leicester head coach Richard Cockerill pays tribute to the Tigers pack after a memorable victory over world champions South Africa.

Two government agencies are facing off over the right to regulate the popular online game World of Warcraft.

Police quiz Coronation Street actor Ryan Thomas over a crash in Manchester city centre.

A road in Belfast city centre has begun collapsing into a large hole which engineers believe could be up to ...

It is quickly becoming commonplace for people to spend a few dollars to get ahead in an online game or ...

The official jobless rate excludes millions of people who have given up looking for work and part-time workers who want ...

The closeness of the vote may jeopardize the quadrennial payouts — some as high as $400,000 — that the mayor ...

Joe Jackson asks for an allowance from the estate of his late son Michael, saying the star supported him before ...

G20 finance ministers begin their meeting in Scotland, but are faced with divisions over stimulus packages and climate change.

Survivors of the shooting say that in a few seconds, everything changed.

The ICC's top prosecutor says perpetrators of Kenya's post-poll violence could face trial as early as next July.