LONDON — The times they aren't a changing. Not at Buckingham Palace, at least. Tea with the queen Tuesday looked much the same as it would have...
Joe Lauria | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics
The United States today has the largest standing armed forces ever assembled. The militias are now called the standing National Guard.
AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 06.25.2008 | Home
LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II stripped Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe of his ceremonial knighthood on Wednesday _ a highly unusual move meant ...
AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics
LUXEMBOURG — An EU spokeswoman says the 27-nation bloc is ready to issue stronger financial sanctions against Iran. The spokeswoman for EU fore...
AP | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics
LONDON — Britain's defense secretary says a freeze on British troop withdrawals from Iraq will remain in place for the foreseeable future. Defe...
AP | Posted 04.09.2008 | Home
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will not attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Summer Olympics, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. Brown's office...
AP | JANE WARDELL | Posted 03.14.2008 | Business
LONDON — Many Britons were resigning themselves to more puritanical lifestyles Thursday as they faced the prospect of "sin taxes" that will incr...
BBC News | Posted 03.13.2008 | Home
A father and daughter have been accused of tricking 15,000 mostly elderly British citizens out of more than $70m (£34m) by selling worthless shares. ...
Reuters | Posted 03.09.2008 | Home
A British company has developed a camera that can detect weapons, drugs or explosives hidden under people's clothes from up to 25 meters away in what ...
AP | D'ARCY DORAN | Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics
LONDON — Desperate for a glimpse into Adolf Hitler's unpredictable mind, British spies hired an astrologer during World War II to write horoscop...
AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics
CIA Director Michael Hayden acknowledged Thursday that two rendition flights carrying terror suspects refueled on British territory, despite repeated ...
New York Times | JULIA WERDIGIER | Posted 02.17.2008 | Business
The British government announced Sunday that it would bring Northern Rock, the struggling mortgage lender, under its control. It was the first nationa...
BBC News | Posted 02.07.2008 | Home
The government has won Commons support for plans to renew the UK's nuclear submarine system, despite a large rebellion by Labour MPs. Tony Blair had ...
BBC News | Posted 02.04.2008 | Politics
The Duke of York has criticised the US administration for failing to listen to advice from Britain on how to avoid problems following the war in Iraq....
AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 02.03.2008 | Home
Super-sized servings of sauvignon blanc, giant goblets of grenache: wine glasses in Britain's bars are larger than ever and deepening the country's pr...
Guardian | James K Galbraith | Posted 01.25.2008 | Home
Five former Nato generals, including the former chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, John Shalikashvili, have written a "radical manifesto" which...
Lionel Beehner | Posted 01.17.2008 | Politics
The rest of the world can only look on with bewilderment at the absurdity of Russia's behavior. Russia, it would seem, is paranoid about becoming irrelevant on the world stage.
The Guardian | Owen Bowcott | Posted 01.15.2008 | Politics
Senior British police officials are talking to the FBI about an international database to hunt for major criminals and terrorists. The US-initiated p...
London Times | Jill Sherman | Posted 01.14.2008 | Business
Britain faces a £1 billion black hole after the 2012 Olympics because of "ludicrous" property price projections backed by ministers, it emerged last ...
Joe Lauria | Posted 01.07.2008 | Politics
We do know that Ron Paul deserves credit for bringing up the obvious in a hostile environment. Maybe some day historical fact will seep into the mainstream and at least be seriously debated.
The Independent | Martin Hickman | Posted 01.01.2008 | Business
Debt experts are predicting a record number of personal insolvencies this year as excessive Christmas shopping, rising mortgage payments and soaring f...
Simon Jenkins | Posted 01.01.2008 | Politics
Ultimately Pakistan, like Kenya, will be the stronger for taking their path alone. The last thing they need is a hectoring phone call from a post-imperial nanny.
AP | THOMAS WAGNER | Posted 12.23.2007 | Media
Britain's 81-year-old Queen Elizabeth II, considered an icon of traditionalism, launched her own special Royal Channel on YouTube Sunday. The queen w...
AP | LORI HINNANT | Posted 12.16.2007 | Politics
British forces formally handed over responsibility Sunday for the last region in Iraq under their control, marking the start of what Britain hopes wil...
New York Times | Mark Landler | Posted 12.14.2007 | Business
Overcoming earlier misgivings about its direction and leadership, the World Bank said Friday it had raised $25.1 billion in aid for the world's poores...
**UPDATE** The full Starbucks closure list is available here in a searchable web...
Starbucks is closing 600 U.S. stores thanks to hard times and poor real estate...
Thursday morning on "The View," during a discussion on...
As we approach the August vacation season, naturally our thoughts turn to President...
Again last week, we saw the arrogance of former White House advisor Karl Rove when an...
One of the common Republican criticisms directed at a potential Obama presidency...
Reuters reports that McCain shared details of Obama's trip to Iraq at a fundraiser: Republican
Dominic West, the underappreciated lead of the HBO show "The Wire", gave...
There's a lesson for us all in the recent story of a couple who had been married for 80 years.They wisely...
Watch as Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster...
This speech was given today at the D.A.R. Constitutional Hall Ladies...
AP | GREGORY KATZ | Posted 07.09.2008 | Living