Britain's Queen Elizabeth joined an armada of 1,000 vessels and more than a million cheering spectators on Sunday to celebrate her 60th year on the throne with the most dazzling display of pageantry s

Celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee reach their climax on June 3 when a flotilla of 1,000 boats sails up the River Thames in a spectacle that presents formidable security challenges.

Israel on Tuesday threatened to pull out of a UN inquiry into a deadly raid on a Gaza-bound Turkish aid ship if the panel insists on quizzing its soldiers, days after making a surprise announcement th

Israel has threatened to pull out of a UN inquiry into a deadly raid on a Turkish flotilla heading for Gaza, after the UN chief said there is no agreement that the panel would refrain from calling Isr

The UN Secretary General, Mr Ban Ki-moon, has named the Israeli and Turkish members of the commission that will investigate Israel's May 31 attacks on a Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla that killed ni