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British hostage Peter Moore has been freed after being held captive in Iraq since May 2007, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband announced Wednesday.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he was appalled at China's execution of a British citizen caught smuggling heroin on Tuesday, prompting China to defend its judicial integrity and denounce interference.

Spanish police have seized a ship carrying nearly $600 million worth of cocaine, in a joint operation with London's Metropolitan Police, Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency, and maritime authorities, Scotland Yard announced.

British Airways Plc won a court order invalidating a strike ballot by its cabin crew, preventing a 12-day walkout over the Christmas holiday. London judge Laura Cox's ruling in favour of the ...

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says he believes it would have been right to invade Iraq even if it was known that Saddam ...

The World Health Organization is looking into reports in Britain and the United States that the H1N1 flu may have developed resistance to Tamiflu in people with severely suppressed immune systems, a spokesman said Tuesday.

An auction house says it is selling a rare first edition of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" found in a family's guest lavatory in southern England.

A British man who said he strangled his wife during a nightmare about fighting off an intruder has been found innocent in her death....

Microsoft is shedding the beta tag for its custom Bing search engine that caters to users in the United Kingdom with a localized offering.

A United Airlines pilot has been charged after being arrested at London's Heathrow Airport on suspicion of being drunk shortly before he was about to fly a transatlantic airliner, police said on Wednesday.