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A proposal for strong new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme is being submitted to all members of the UN Security Council in New York.

United States officials say President Barack Obama is to set up a commission to investigate the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

The US Supreme Court has banned life sentences with no parole for young convicts who have not committed murder.

Flight restrictions have been lifted at Heathrow, Gatwick and other airports after closures prompted by the return of a volcanic ash cloud to UK airspace.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron is defending his plans to change the rules on how an election is called, saying they will help the stability of his coalition government.

LONDON (AP): Britain's humbled Labour Party has begun a potentially bitter race for Gordon Brown's successor following its...

Britain's first coalition government in seven decades held its inaugural meeting yesterday, as members of once-rival parties sat around the Cabinet table together, and signalled their seriousness about deficit-slashing by agreeing to an immediate pay cut.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to announce the ministers in his coalition government following his first Cabinet meeting this morning.

The US authorities investigating the attempted bombing in New York\'s Times Square have arrested two people during searches near the city of Boston.

Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged that the new Conservative-led coalition government will be united and provide strong and stable leadership.

The Spanish government is set to detail deep cuts in public spending amid European Union (EU) concerns that economic problems afflicting Greece may spread.

The Obama administration is to break up an interior department agency that oversees offshore drilling, in response to the Gulf Coast oil spill.