At least 30 pages have been deleted from social networking site Facebook after they were used by British prisoners to taunt their victims from behind bars, government officials said Thursday.
The far-right British National Party on Thursday agreed to consider letting nonwhite members join after the country's Equality and Human Rights Commission took them to court.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced Sunday that his government will support IRA victims in seeking compensation from Libya, in a move conservatives called a "U-turn" from his earlier position.
An oil deal and trade concerns with Libya were at one point considered as factors in the Lockerbie bomber's release, Justice Secretary Jack Straw said in an interview published Saturday.
An oil deal and trade concerns with Libya were at one point considered as factors in the Lockerbie bomber's release, British Justice Secretary Jack Straw said in an interview published Saturday.
Libya warned the United Kingdom that if the Lockerbie bomber died in prison in Scotland, it would have "catastrophic effects for the relationship between Libya and the U.K.," documents declassified Tuesday show.
The British government did not make a deal to send the Lockerbie bomber home in exchange for an oil contract with Libya, Prime Minister Gordon Brown's office said Monday.
British Justice Minister Jack Straw denied Sunday that the Lockerbie bomber was freed from jail as part of an agreement to allow a British energy company to drill for oil in Libya.
Campaigners in London planned to petition the British government Friday for a posthumous pardon for the hundreds of people executed for witchcraft between the 16th and 18th centuries.
Britain's deputy prime minister John Prescott has rejected an appeal by cabinet colleague Jack Straw for Muslim women to remove their veils.
British newspapers on Saturday backed cabinet minister Jack Straw after the political storm sparked by his remarks that veils worn by Muslim women harmed community relations.
Senior British Cabinet minister Jack Straw has sparked fury by saying that Muslim women who wore full veils made community relations more difficult. Here are a selection of comments by CNN readers on the issue:
A senior British Cabinet minister has sparked fury by saying that Muslim women who wore full veils made community relations more difficult.
The current situation in Iraq is "dire" according to former British foreign secretary Jack Straw.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair told his monthly news conference that to set a date for his retirement would "paralyze" the working of his government.
Margaret Beckett, who once briefly led the Labour Party -- the first woman to do so -- has become Britain's first woman foreign secretary following a major Cabinet reshuffle.
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair axed his under-fire law and order minister and demoted his foreign secretary in a wide-ranging Cabinet reshuffle after his party was humiliated in regional elections.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has always been a Beatles fan.
The U.S. military on Wednesday called a video posted on the Internet purportedly showing the dragging of a U.S. flier's remains from a downed copter's wreckage "despicable."
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday called for an end to the "political vacuum" in Iraq and for the Iraqis to form a new government.
Three U.S. soldiers have been killed in Iraq and two military pilots died after their helicopter was apparently shot down while on patrol, the U.S. military said Sunday.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her counterpart, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, flew to Baghdad on Sunday for a visit aimed at jump-starting the process of forming a national unity government.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her counterpart, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, are in Baghdad for a previously unannounced visit aimed at jump-starting the process of forming a national unity government.
One day after Condoleezza Rice said the United States made possibly "thousands" of tactical mistakes in the war against Iraq, the secretary of state says she was speaking "figuratively, not literally."
Condoleezza Rice was fixing a few holes in her knowledge of England during a brief visit to the country.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has defended her government's war in Iraq, despite having made "thousands of errors," as she faced a series of protests during a tour of northwest England.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is breaking from diplomatic troubleshooting during a visit this week to the home of both the Beatles and her British counterpart, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Berlin on Thursday for talks on next steps to tighten the diplomatic noose around Iran, which she called "a troublesome regime for peace and stability."
Freed British hostage Norman Kember, who was held captive in Iraq for nearly four months, arrived in London on Saturday and thanked the soldiers who rescued him and two others.
The first of three Christian aid workers rescued from nearly four months of captivity in Iraq is returning to his home.
The text of Foreign Secretary Jack Straw's statement about the release of hostage Norman Kember:
A car bomb detonated in a marketplace in the southern Baghdad suburb of Dora on Tuesday afternoon, killing 20 people and wounding another 25, police said.
Seven bomb attacks ripped through Iraq on Monday, killing 16 people, including a U.S. soldier, and wounding 56, officials said.
Just hours ahead of an emergency meeting of the U.N. nuclear watchdog, a U.S. official says a "troubling" briefing in Vienna has revealed new information that Iran might be pursuing atomic weapons.
The international community has given Iran a "final opportunity" to meet its nuclear obligations, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has said.
The British government was under renewed pressure over allegations of so-called extraordinary rendition after reports of a leaked memo suggested Washington may have used UK airspace to transport detainees more often than officials have said.
Tehran is threatening to block inspections of its nuclear sites if a dispute over its atomic activity is sent to the U.N. Security Council.
Western officials have sharply criticized Iran after it removed U.N. seals from at least one nuclear facility and resumed research work, with Britain's foreign minister saying he will meet his French and German counterparts to discuss possible action by the U.N. Security Council.
The European Union overcame a last-minute crisis and opened membership talks Tuesday with Turkey -- a historic move to include a mostly-Muslim nation that brought relief in Turkey and all round Europe.
Diplomats say the European Union has postponed a ceremony to mark the historic start of Turkey's membership talks, setting no new time.
Britain said the European Union was on the "edge of a precipice" on Monday over terms for historic membership talks with Turkey.
The European Union opened historic membership talks with Turkey, after Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul arrived in Luxembourg.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has apologized to an 82-year-old man who was thrown out of the Labour Party's annual meeting after heckling Foreign Secretary Jack Straw over the Iraq war.
Britain's Labour Party has given a hero's welcome at its annual meeting to an 82-year-old man who was thrown out after heckling Foreign Secretary Jack Straw over the Iraq war.
Britain and France, leading countries involved in nuclear talks with Iran, said Saturday that Iranian President Ahmadinejad's speech to the United Nations did nothing to diffuse the dispute.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair said police in London had faced a shoot-to-kill decision seven times since the bombings in the British capital of July 7.
Saying he is "very, very sorry" over last week's mistaken shooting of an unarmed Brazilian, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw on Monday said a compensation claim for the slain man's family would be "handled sympathetically and quickly."
Police said they regret the death of a Brazilian national shot and killed Friday by armed officers in a London Underground subway station, after determining he "was not connected" with last week's string of attempted bombings. .
(CNN) -- The sky lit up right after midnight as three separate bombs exploded in the Egyptian Red Sea resort Sharm-el Sheikh, killing scores and wounding many more.
Foreign ministers from the world's richest countries have promised support for Afghanistan's democratic struggle and called for an orderly Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is expected to postpone a referendum on the new European Union, following a rejection by voters in France and the Netherlands.
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has said a referendum on the European constitution has been postponed, following the document's rejection in France and the Netherlands.
The leaders of France and Germany were set to hold crisis talks following the twin French and Dutch rejections of the proposed European Union constitution.
Iran's Guardian Council has put its stamp of approval on a measure passed by parliament earlier this month requiring the government to develop nuclear technology, including uranium enrichment.
Iran and the European Union could conclude an agreement on Iran's nuclear program sooner rather than later, the two sides have said after a meeting in Geneva.
Nuclear talks between Iran and the European Union are proving more difficult than ever and the chances of averting a breakdown are only 50-50, according to a senior Iranian negotiator.
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has said he hopes nuclear talks between three European Union countries and Iran this week could make progress, and appealed to Iran to compromise.
EU leaders are urging Britain's Foreign Secretary Jack Straw to reconsider his threat to use the veto to protect Britain's multi-billion pound rebate.
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and his counterparts from France and Germany will meet an Iranian delegation next week to try to break the impasse over Tehran's nuclear program, Straw said Tuesday.
Foreign diplomats and journalists have arrived in the Uzbek city of Andijan to assess the death toll from the country's recent explosion of violence.
Condemnation by Britain of Uzbek soldiers who opened fire on protesters contrasts markedly to the near silence coming from its allies in Washington.
An Uzbek opposition leader says her party has compiled a list of 745 people allegedly killed by government troops in Uzbekistan.
Prime Minister Tony Blair has unveiled his new Cabinet after Thursday's election won him a landmark third term.
Prime Minister Tony Blair has won a historic third term for his Labour Party -- but with his authority dented by a reduced majority in parliament.
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and U.S. President George W. Bush were determined to topple Saddam Hussein at least nine months before they launched the war in Iraq, according to documents leaked to a British Sunday newspaper.
A series of new allegations surfaced Sunday against John Bolton, adding fuel to the dispute surrounding President Bush's pick for U.N. ambassador and further calling into question whether he will ultimately get the post.
Prime Minister Tony Blair's government remained under pressure Friday following media reports of a "cover-up" after a document emerged which suggested that Britain's top law officer changed his mind about the legality of the Iraq war shortly before its outbreak.
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has rejected claims of a "cover-up" after a document emerged that suggested the country's top law officer wavered about the legality of the Iraq war just before its outbreak.
During a news conference with British Foreign Minister Jack Straw on Friday, newly sworn-in Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was asked by a reporter if she could "envision circumstances during President Bush's second administration in which the U.S. would attack Iran?"
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says an attack on Iran over its nuclear program is "not on the agenda at this point."
Secretary of State-designate Condoleezza Rice plans to meet Monday with British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw at the White House, British and U.S. officials said.
U.S. authorities say they will release four remaining Britons and an Australian held at the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where the United States holds those it suspects of terrorist activities.
Australia has pledged $7.6 million (Aust. $10 million) in emergency aid to assist Asian nations struck by Sunday's tsunamis.
Cooperation between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority in advance of the Palestinian election to replace Yasser Arafat has been good so far, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday at an international conference in Egypt.
Secretary of State Colin Powell was praised Monday as a "great statesman" and a "voice of moderation" after he announced his decision not to serve a second term.
The following is a list of world leaders and representatives that CNN has confirmed will attend Yasser Arafat's funeral in Cairo, Egypt:
The family of Ken Bigley, the British engineer who was taken hostage in Iraq three weeks ago, has confirmed that he has been killed.
The son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi says his charity group is helping to secure the release of British hostage Ken Bigley from his Iraqi captors.
Britain is ready to listen to kidnappers holding hostage Ken Bigley in Iraq but is not prepared to negotiate with them or pay them a ransom, UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has said.
A group calling itself the Islamic Army in Iraq says it has captured 10 hostages, including two Indonesian women, Al-Jazeera has reported.
The Sudanese government has agreed to an African Union proposal to send more AU troops to the Darfur region to garrison rebel fighters, a top government negotiator told reporters.
Sudanese peace talks have hit a new snag after rebels refused to discuss garrisoning their forces, even though host nation Nigeria said they had agreed to put it on the agenda.
"More needs to be done" to end the humanitarian crisis in Sudan, Britain's Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said after visiting a refugee camp Tuesday.
Britain's Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has said his government is prepared to help fund an enlarged African Union force to monitor the situation in the troubled western Sudan region of Darfur.
Eight British servicemen detained for three days in Iran after their boats strayed into Iranian territorial waters have returned to their base in southern Iraq, UK officials said.
Eight British sailors and marines have left Iran three days after they were detained by Iran's military for straying into Iranian territorial waters.
Eight members of the British military arrested for crossing into Iranian waters could be freed "very soon" if it is established they did not have "bad intentions," Iran's student news agency ISNA quoted a top Iranian military official as saying.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has told Cabinet colleagues that any open disagreement with the U.S. over Iraq risked damaging troops' morale.
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has acknowledged that the upsurge in violence against U.S.-led forces in Iraq represents the "most serious" threat the coalition has faced since the end of the war.
Police in London have launched a new drive to try to thwart potential terrorist attacks in the capital.
Britain has closed its embassy in Algiers and moved its operations into the Hilton Hotel this weekend, in response to an ongoing security assessment following last November's bombings in Istanbul which ripped through the British Consulate, a British Foreign Office spokeswoman said Sunday.
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has condemned the latest violence in the Middle East and urged Israelis and Palestinians to return to the U.S.-backed road map for peace.
Leading aid and human rights groups have accused the UK government of exploiting a "dangerous loophole," leading to a rise in some areas of arms sales.
British anti-terrorism police have started an investigation into five Britons to be freed from the U.S. Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba after being held without trial for two years.
Five of the nine British citizens detained at the U.S. Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba are to be returned to Britain, the UK government says.
The British government said Tuesday it will conduct a probe into prewar intelligence on Saddam Hussein's weapons programs.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has decided to hold an inquiry into intelligence used to justify going to war with Iraq.
Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates will be awarded an honorary knighthood by Britain's Queen Elizabeth for an outstanding contribution to enterprise, officials said Monday.
Iraqi police fired shots Tuesday at a group of former Iraqi soldiers who tried to enter a bank in the southern city of Basra after demanding pensions and stipends.
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