Britain stripped the former head of Royal Bank of Scotland of his knighthood on Tuesday, putting a banker reviled by tabloids as 'Fred the Shred' alongside Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe and Romania's Nicol

The Pakistani security services are secretly helping Afghanistan's Taliban, who assume their victory is inevitable once Western troops leave, a secret NATO document says, according to reports on Wedne

Four British men have admitted involvement in an al-Qaeda inspired plot to bomb the London Stock Exchange.

The men were among nine defendants to be tried in London over various terror offenses.

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London mayor Boris Johnson has joined Labour MP David Lammy in calling for the controversial easing of laws to allow smacking of children by their parents in Britain.

Scientists have for the first time recreated sugar molecules that gave birth to life itself, a breakthrough they say could soon lead them to understanding the origin of life better.

It’s high time to see a doctor if you are having sleep problems, for a new study says that lack of shut-eye could significantly raise your risk of developing diabetes and heart disease.

Oil prices fell on Monday with the demand outlook uncertain as the market awaited the outcome of a European Union summit on containing the eurozone debt crisis, analysts said.

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Olympic organisers have some travel advice for the millions of people who work and live in London: Be patient. Have a beer. Work from home.

Rejecting suggestions of possible transport chaos during th

Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates in London on Monday launched an initiative along with 13 pharmaceutical firms, World Health Organisation, World Bank and the US, UK and UAE governments

A Lithuanian national arrested for the twin murders of Indian-origin Avtar Singh Kolar and his English wife in Birmingham has been found hanging in his prison cell, where was he lodged since early thi