BIRMINGHAM, England: After days filled with lofty speeches, Britain’s political party conferences take on a very different feel at night, when alcohol flows...
LONDON: Britain’s incoming prime minister, Theresa May, is a pragmatist who has emerged from the chaos of the Brexit referendum unscarred, portraying herself...
LONDON: Britain’s thriving arts sector is in despair about the vote to leave the European Union, fearing that funding cuts and freedom of movement...
It’s a snapshot from another political era. Forty-one years ago, in Great Britain’s last referendum on Europe, Margaret Thatcher hit the campaign trail clad...
COLCHESTER, United Kingdom: Sipping a cup of tea and dressed like a teacher nearing retirement, Jeremy Corbyn does not look like the next leader of Britain’s...
LONDON: A trader who worked for UBS and Citigroup was jailed Monday for 14 years by a London court after becoming the first person to be found guilty by a...
LONDON: Arguments over whether Britain should stay in the European Union took center stage in parliament Tuesday as lawmakers held their first debate on...
RIGA, Latvia: Prime Minister David Cameron launched his bid to recast Britain's relationship with the EU Friday, warning of "ups and downs" before a straight...
LONDON: Steely and polished, Scotland’s pro-independence First Minister Nicola Sturgeon could decide who is Britain’s prime minister after May’s election...
L ONDON: Madonna’s on-stage fall at the Brit Awards unleashed a wave of Internet jokes about the star’s cape malfunction Thursday, overshadowing...
LONDON: World leaders have proved "shameful and ineffective" in failing to protect civilians from groups like ISIS, Amnesty International said...
LONDON: Britain debated Sunday how to stop teenage girls joining ISIS in Syria after three high-achieving youngsters became the latest to run away from...
LONDON: The chairman of a British parliamentary committee refused entry to Hong Kong denied Monday that it was behaving like an interfering former colonial...
DONETSK, Ukraine: Russia hit back Thursday against Western claims that it was sending fresh military hardware into eastern Ukraine which could fuel a return...
LONDON: Designed as a tribute to Britain’s World War I dead, a blood-red trench of ceramic poppies around the Tower of London has become a national...
LONDON: Britain is sending 750 military personnel, a medical ship and three helicopters to Sierra Leone to help fight the spread of Ebola, officials said...
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom: Talk of treason cast a shadow over Britain's Conservative party conference this week, where gossip raged over who might be...
EDINBURGH: Campaigners for and against Scottish independence scrambled to win over voters Wednesday on the final day of campaigning as fresh opinion polls...
LONDON: A new opinion poll published Sunday put Scotland's pro-independence camp ahead for the first time in the campaign, just 11 days before a referendum on...
LONDON: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange indicated Monday he would leave Ecuador's embassy in London "soon" but his organization played down the comment,...
LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron named arch-euroskeptic Philip Hammond as his new foreign secretary Tuesday as he unveiled a major Cabinet...
LONDON: Veteran entertainer Rolf Harris, a household name in Britain since the 1960s, could face jail after his conviction Monday on 12 counts of indecently...
SEVASTOPOL: Wines from the sunny hillsides of Crimea have been popular with Russians since the time of Tsar Nicholas II – and now some vineyard owners are...
KABUL: Dubbed the Afghan Elvis, Farhad Darya may be the only man in the most conservative country on earth who can reduce an audience of women in headscarves...