WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A major earthquake hit New Zealand's second biggest city Christchurch early on Saturday, bringing ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Cricket's governing body vowed on Friday to do whatever necessary to root out cheats and preserve the ...

HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc removed a failed blowout preventer from atop its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well on Friday afternoon, ...

QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber struck a rally in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, killing at least ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to a series of direct talks on Thursday, seeking to forge the ...

MANTEO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Hurricane Earl slapped North Carolina's coast with heavy wind and surf on Friday and then ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A former Labour minister plans legal action after accusing the Metropolitan Police of failing to fully ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Concerns over Israeli access to BlackBerry data, and the use of the device by the United States to spy ...

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged Palestinians to keep up their armed struggle against Israel ...

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's top military official said on Friday Iran would retaliate by striking Israel's nuclear facility ...

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - An oil and gas platform operated by Mariner Energy burst into flames in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to a series of direct talks on Thursday, seeking to forge the ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Metro Bank, whose launch in July marked the birth of Britain's first new high street retail bank in more ...

TAUNTON, England (Reuters) - Pakistan test captain Salman Butt and opening bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif face possible ...

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - An oil and gas platform operated by Mariner Energy burst into flames in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, ...

HATTERAS ISLAND, North Carolina (Reuters) - Hurricane Earl began to strafe North Carolina's barrier islands with dangerous ...

TAUNTON, England (Reuters) - Pakistan test captain Salman Butt and opening bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif face possible ...

HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc said it removed a cap from equipment atop its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well on Thursday, the ...

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned on Thursday an air strike by NATO-led forces which he said killed ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Thursday he had gone public to deny rumours he was gay and in ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Scotland announced thousands of new job cuts on Thursday as the part-nationalised bank continues ...

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund will give Pakistan $450 million (£292.26 million) in emergency ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown will join efforts to improve access to education and the internet as ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of workers on London's underground rail system will start a series of strikes next Monday after ...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Icelandic negotiators and their British and Dutch counterparts held new talks in the Netherlands on ...