The American Central Intelligence Agency has made its first comment on the biggest loss of life within its ranks for more than 25 years. The CIA head, Leon Panetta, said the seven personnel killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday had died protecting the U...
Iran has accused western powers of stirring up Sundays violent protest in Tehran that left at least eight people dead. The Iranian authorities have summoned the British ambassador in Iran following comments by the Foreign Secretary David Miliband, wh...
President Obama has announced heightened security in the wake of the failed attack three days ago on a US airliner approaching Detroit. In a televised address, Mr Obama said hed ordered extra air marshals to travel on planes and improve screening at...
If you are thinking about coming to Britain for Christmas, it might be a good idea to think again. Thats because thousands of Christmas travellers have been stranded in the UK as adverse weather conditions caused massive disruption to the transport i...
After a 7-month search, the Obama administration has named a man who will take overall charge of computer security in the United States. He is Howard Schmidt, a former head of cyber security at Microsoft and Ebay. Emilio San Pedro has more. A White H...
Reports from Iran say the security forces have clashed with opposition supporters after the funeral of one of the countrys most influential dissident figures, Grand Ayatollah Montazeri. Reformers websites reported that the car of the Iranian oppositi...
Would you eat a ready meal from the fridge rather than cook from scratch? Have you been doing internet shopping rather than going to the stores? What can't you be bothered to do? A study into how lazy British people are has found more than half of ad...
With the deadline for agreement of the climate summit in Copenhagen approaching, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France has warned the failure will be a catastrophe for everyone involved. Documents leaked to BBC News show the UN calculates that unless c...
As Christmas approaches, towns and cities around the UK are preparing for a peculiarly British celebration. The switching on of a towns Christmas lights has become an increasingly competitive event over the years, with some councils spending lots of...
The internet is often described as the World Wide Web but how truly global is it when millions of users have no choice but to use a Latin-based alphabet to name websites and email addresses? All of that is set to change following the decision taken b...
