Cyber attacks on the Government and UK population have reached "disturbing" levels, according to the director of The Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ).
The Royal Navy's key deployment of 2012 - which will see the UK Response Force Task Group (UK RFTG) head to the Mediterranean - is due to join forces with the FS Charles de Gaulle and her carrier battlegroup for an exercise that will highlight co-operation between the two navies.
In what opposition leaders in Italy have called "another shameful insult" for their country, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been directly named in a US government report on people trafficking.
In accordance with promises to kick-start infrastructure projects and revive the economy, David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has given the thumbs-up for two power plants in Yorkshire, which should create 1,000 construction-related jobs, the BBC reported. Meanwhile, in a strong move to recognize gay rights, Britain will contemplate withholding aid from countries that do not reform the law banning homosexuality.
Nearly a century after previous British royalty's visit to Ireland, history was made with Queen Elizabeth II making the first ever visit (May 17-29, 2011) of a British monarch to the Republic of Ireland.
Forbes magazine has unveiled its annual rankings of the richest people on the planet. In the United Kingdom, the Forbes list revealed, Britain has 32 billionaires, three more than last year.
Tens of thousands of people were forced to flee their homes in Bangkok ahead of an anticipated high tide of flooding this weekend.
New clashes between ultra-Orthodox sects in a Jerusalem neighbourhood reveal mounting sectarian tensions that left a father of six hospitalised.
When pictures of the release of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier held captive for five years by Hamas, were beamed around the world,many featured a beaming Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, unleashing a new phenomenon called "Bibi bombing" aimed at pocking fun at the politician's love of the limelight.
The Institute of National Remembrance in Poland has vowed to complete the investigation into Second World War crimes committed at Auschwitz which started decades ago but shutdown during the Cold War.
Having pleaded guilty to violent disorder during the 2010 student protests 21-year-old Cambridge history student Charlie Gilmour has had his challenge to his 16-month sentence rejected by Court of Appeal judges.
The announcement of that the new Libya would have Sharia law at its core, and the lift of the ban on polygamy has put the western countries that supported the NATO mission in Libya and the NTC in an uncomfortable position.
The Succession Act, which declares that a male heir to the throne has rightful precedent over an elder sister, has been changed.
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British police last night searched the Occupy the London Stock Exchange camp site after an "anonymous tip" reported seeing a firearm in one of the tents.
Marzieh Vafamehr, the Iranian actress who was sentenced to 90 lashes and one year in prison after she appeared in a film that criticised the country's regime and has been released from prison.
Queen Elizabeth II, in visit in Australia, opened the 21st Commonwealth heads of government meeting Thursday, amid demands to take a tough stand against violation of human rights.
Moammar Gadhafi's son and onetime heir apparent, Saif al-Islam, fearing for his life, has taken refuge among nomads in the Sahara and is seeking an aircraft to fly him out of Africa to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, an official from Libya's ruling National Transitional Council says.
Justice was delivered to the Cardy family after 30 years of their nine-year-old daughter's death. A serial child killer and paedophile was sentenced to life after being convicted of murdering a fourth girl on Thursday, according to Reuters.
Syrian security forces and snipers Thursday killed three people, including a teenager, in the central region of Homs and the southern province of Daraa, often described as two of the regime opponent's stronghold, activists said.
Toyota Motor Corp has announced it will suspend production in North America on Saturday following a shortage of parts, the latest signs that the floods in Thailand have started to affect the giant automaker's global operations.
Libya's ruling National Transitional Council has said it will put the killers of deposed dictator Muammar Gaddafi on trial, al Arabiya TV has reported.
Following yesterday scuffle in the Italian parliament, the IBTimes counts down the leading political punch-ups over recent years
Somalia's al Shabaab rebels vowed on Thursday to fight Kenya after its troops entered the Horn of Africa nation and called on sympathisers to carry out major attacks in east Africa's biggest economy.
Alfredo Astiz, Argentina's former naval officer also known as "Blond Angel of Death" has been jailed for life for crimes against humanity during military rule in 1976-83, in one of the Latin American's biggest human rights cases.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has confirmed that Britain won't pump cash into the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), the fund that will be used as a firewall to prevent contagion across Europe.
Qatar was the first Arab nation to support the NATO operation in Libya by sending its jets and was praised by NTC leaders soon after the 'liberation', however, recent revelations raise questions regarding the country's ambivalent stance on Libya.
The agreement between Eurozone countries has called for fiscal integration. But does that mean we will soon be seeing a United State of Europe soon?
In the aftermath of the Libyan conflict, weapons hidden by Gaddafi are being discovered across the country, but despite the NTC's assurance the armaments found are being taken to secure places, reports that sites are being looted keep on emerging.
Canon Dr Giles Fraser, the chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral, has resigned from his post at the church.
