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A question of honour: Hester's £1m bonus enrages Westminster
RBS boss Stephen Hester's £1 million bonus has sparked outrage among union leaders, the opposition and even a government minister.
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NHS reforms escape killer blow
The coalition's embattled NHS reforms appear to have narrowly avoided a sweeping condemnation from one of the medical community's biggest organisations.
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Cameron's chocolate orange 'failure'
Ed Miliband has hit upon an improbable chink in David Cameron's political armour: the chocolate orange.
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Less police 'doesn't mean worse frontline'
Policing minister Nick Herbert has insisted falling police numbers will not necessarily lead to a worse frontline service.
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German minister hits out at Cameron over tax treaty
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble took a jab at Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday, blaming him for Europe's failure to agree a common debt-reduction treaty.
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Cleric warns against gay marriage
Ministers should not overrule the Bible by allowing same-sex marriage and David Cameron would be like a "dictator" if he lets homosexual couples get married, the Archbishop of York has said.
View ArticleFive dead in poll violence in India's Manipur state
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - Five people were killed in election related violence in India's isolated, northeastern state of Manipur, police said on Saturday. Among those who died were a woman, a...
View ArticleBodies of 17 prisoners found in Syrian city
AMMAN (Reuters) - The bodies of 17 men arrested by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces during an armoured assault this week on the city of Hama were found dumped in the streets after being shot...
View ArticleSudan says to release ships seized from South Sudan
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Sudan will free ships carrying cargos of crude it seized from South Sudan to ease tensions between the former civil war foes and help the two states agree on a deal over oil...
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Britain calls for NATO to stick to 2014 Afghan pullout
Prime Minister David Cameron warned Saturday against withdrawing troops from Afghanistan too fast, after France said it would pull out a year before the international deadline of 2014.
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MPs Warn Of Political Funding 'Scandal'
The Government must take action to clean up party political funding before another "scandal intervenes", MPs have warned.
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Mass opt-out: The plan to repatriate British powers from the EU
Eurosceptics are planning to force the government to repatriate 130 EU crime and policing laws overnight using a mass opt-out clause in the Lisbon treaty.
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MP: Smacking Law Partly To Blame For Riots
A Labour MP has called for a change in the law so working-class parents can smack their children without fear of being prosecuted.
View ArticleStrike to seize up Belgium as EU leaders meet
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium's first general strike in almost two decades will bring the country to a near halt Monday in an anti-austerity protest aimed at the government as well as at EU leaders...
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Assad's forces regain Damascus suburbs - activists
AMMAN (Reuters) - Armoured forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad took control Sunday of eastern suburbs of Damascus that had fallen into opposition control after two days of bombardment and...
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RBS chief waives bonus after political storm
LONDON (Reuters) - The chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland has decided to waive a bonus worth almost one million pounds ($1.6 million), the bank said on Sunday, after the handout angered Britons...
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Ken onslaught continues with pledge to resign over fares
Ken Livingstone tried to build on his surprising new lead over Boris Johnson today with a promise to resign as mayor if he fails to cut fares.
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Five complaints needed to tackle anti-social 'horror stories'
Efforts to tackle low-level crime by forcing police officers to investigate anti-social behaviour complaints are being criticised as "weak" by the opposition.
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UK taxpayer faces bill for treaty Cameron vetoed
The British government is refusing to put up a fight at the latest summit of EU leaders in Brussels over the use of EU institutions, risking the anger of Conservative backbenchers.
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The unauthorised referendum: Campaigners to give people vote on EU
British voters will be able to have their say on the UK's ongoing involvement in Europe this year - in a series of entirely unofficial referendums.
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