The two terror suspects being held under armed guard at hospitals in London were both known to security services, Government sources say. More »Woolwich Suspects 'Known To Security Services'
Russia has ordered the urgent evacuation of the 16-strong crew of a drifting Arctic research station after the ice floe that hosts the floating laboratory began to disintegrate, officials said Thursday. More »Russia plans urgent evacuation of Arctic post as ice melts
Davinder Jeet Bains, 46, took hundreds of hours of high-quality recordings on the device capturing, his abuse over a three year period. More »Family GP used 'James Bond-style' tiny watch camera to film women during intimate exams
Hungarian authorities evacuated around 1,000 people on Thursday after an unexploded World War II shell was discovered embedded in the roof of Budapest's city hall. More »WWII shell found in roof of Budapest city hall
Damian Lewis and Benedict Cumberbatch are among the British stars flying the flag at the 2013 American Critics' Choice Television Awards. More »Brit stars vying for US TV awards
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran denied on Thursday that one of its drones had violated the airspace of Bahrain, home to the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet, Iranian media reported. Bahrain's Information Minister Samira Rajab told Reuters on Thursday that an unmanned spy drone was found in the Gulf waters between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. The incident could further inflame tensions between the two countries. In a report carried by Iran's official IRNA news agency, an unnamed official at the Foreign Ministry denied an Iranian drone had violated the Gulf kingdom's airspace, without giving further details. ... More »Iran denies its drone violated Bahrain's airspace
Groups of youths in Stockholm have burnt down a restaurant and torched more than 30 cars in a fourth night of rioting. More »Sweden Riots: Police Station Set On Fire
Google has followed in the footsteps of Charles Darwin to gather images of the beauty and biological diversity of the Galapagos Islands for the Internet titan's online maps. More »Google team captures Galapagos Island beauty for maps
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's government plans to cut labour taxes within a few months, funding the measure by reducing public spending, Economy Minister Fabrizio Saccomanni said on Thursday. "The government plans to in the first 100 days to start cutting taxes on houses and jobs, funding it with spending cuts and measures to fight tax evasion," Saccomanni said at a news conference in Rome. "This is the programme, we'll see how long we have to carry it out," Saccomanni said, in a reference to how long Prime Minister Enrico Letta's fragile left-right coalition might last. ... More »Italy aims to cut labour taxes in first 100 days - Saccomanni
By Robin Emmott and Ethan Bilby BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission will seek the support of EU governments to launch talks with China on an investment pact that could be a precursor to a free-trade deal if Brussels and Beijing can overcome growing tensions. EU trade chief Karel De Gucht said on Thursday he would ask the European Union's 27 countries to agree on a negotiating mandate for a deal with China that would reduce barriers to each other's markets and encourage new capital flows. ... More »EU trade chief to seek investment pact with China
Alleged murderer Mark Bridger has accused a seven-year-old girl of lying about what she saw on the night her friend April Jones went missing. More »April Jones: Bridger Says Witness Is Lying
PARIS (Reuters) - A uranium mine in northern Niger run by French nuclear reactor maker Areva is "badly damaged" and has stopped production for the moment after it was attacked earlier in the day, Niger government spokesman Marou Amadou said on Thursday. Speaking on France Inter radio, Amadou said the crushing and grinding units at the Somair mine near Arlit had been particularly hit. "It's enough to stop the mine for now," he said. ... More »Niger says Areva plant halts production after attack
PARIS (Reuters) - Areva said one person was killed in an attack at its Somair mine near Arlit in northern Niger earlier on Thursday. The French nuclear reactor maker said 14 other people had been injured and transferred to the local hospital. (Reporting by James Regan; Editing by John Irish) More »Areva says one person dead in Niger attack
PARIS (Reuters) - France will do everything to protect its interests in Niger after an attack on a uranium plant run by nuclear reactor maker Areva near the northern town of Arlit earlier on Thursday, French President Francois Hollande said. "We will have the same will to co-operate (with Niger) to fight against terrorism and will also protect our interests," he told reporters. "Everybody should know that we will let nothing pass and support Niger's authorities to end the hostage taking and annihilate the group that carried out these attacks. ... More »France's Hollande says will protect interests in Niger
Up to 25 people have been killed and others taken hostage in twin attacks on a military base and a uranium mine in Niger. More »'Al Qaeda' Twin Bomb Attacks In Niger Kill 25
LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC Holdings named Simon Robertson, a former Goldman Sachs banker and chairman of Rolls-Royce, as the new chairman of its remuneration committee to replace John Thornton. Thornton, another former Goldman banker, this week said he would step down as head of the remuneration committee and HSBC said on Thursday that Robertson, 72, its senior independent director and deputy chairman, will take over. The bank said Joachim Faber, another HSBC non-executive director, would take over as chairman of its risk committee, replacing Rona Fairhead. ... More »HSBC says Robertson to head remuneration committee
A GP who used a secret camera inside his watch to record himself abusing femalepatients has been jailed for 12 years. More »Doctor Jailed For Sex Assaults On Patients
May 24, 1974: Jazz legend Duke Ellington died on this day in 1975 after helping African American music become a global phenomenon during his five-decade career More »On This Day: Jazz legend Duke Ellington dies
By Martin Santa BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Bosnia is falling behind on commitments to human rights and the rule of law, making its chances of joining the European Union increasingly remote, according to EU officials and lawmakers. In a debate on Thursday, members of the European Parliament agreed that the former Yugoslav republic had not gone far enough in fighting corruption, implementing European rights law or carrying out constitutional reforms. ... More »Bosnia under pressure to change if it wants EU membership
The domestic gas supply has been ruled out as the cause for a deadly blast which demolished a house. More »Gas supply ruled out over blast
French singer and composer Georges Moustaki, whose romantic ballads won him global fame including the 1958 song "Milord" he penned for Edith Piaf, died on Thursday at the age of 79. More »French singer Georges Moustaki dies at 79
Spain honoured the US photographer Annie Leibovitz, known for her iconic portraits of a naked John Lennon and a pregnant Demi Moore, with its top humanities prize on Thursday. More »US photographer Leibovitz wins top prize in Spain
ANKARA (Reuters) - A prominent figure in the Chechen diaspora in Turkey was shot at his Ankara office late on Wednesday, a North Caucasus refugee association said, the latest in a series of killings of Chechens and their sympathisers in the country in recent years. Many refugees and separatists have settled in Turkey from Russia's North Caucasus, which fought two bloody wars with Moscow in the 1990s, including opponents of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, an ex-rebel turned Kremlin loyalist, and the brother of Moscow's most-wanted militant leader Doku Umarov. ... More »Prominent Chechen advocate shot dead in Turkish capital
The Arab League said on Thursday it will submit to the UN Security Council a list of proposals for a June peace conference aimed at ending the conflict in Syria. More »Arab League to submit Syria proposals to UN council
(Reuters) - Shares of cloud-based e-commerce software provider ChannelAdvisor Corp soared as much as 39 percent in their debut, as enterprise software makers continue to draw investor attention with their strong revenue models. The company's shares opened up 25 percent, after its initial public offering of 5.8 million shares was priced at $14 per share, the high end of its pricing range. They touched an intraday high of $19.46, valuing the company at about $400 million. ChannelAdvisor, founded in 2001, helps companies sell their merchandise across online channels such as Amazon. ... More »E-commerce software maker ChannelAdvisor shares soar in debut