MILAN (Reuters) - Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was involved in a tax fraud scheme while he was head of government, a Milan court said in a document released on Thursday explaining its earlier decision ...

LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chinese factory activity declined in May for the first time in seven months and U.S. manufacturing grew at its slowest pace since October, suggesting it may take a while before the global econ ...

Drummer Lee Rigby, the 25-year-old soldier killed in a terrorist attack in Woolwich, had a two-year-old son, it has emerged. ...

Senior Tory minister will speak to police after being told four years ago about allegation of "inappropriate sexual behaviour".     ...

It is hard to identify youths motivated by radical ideas and a violent reaction to British foreign policy, experts say. ...

The man accused of murdering April Jones says a child witness was wrong to say the girl got into his car "smiling and happy". ...

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Islamist suicide bombers struck a barracks and a French-run uranium mine in Niger on Thursday, officials said, killing 20 people and wounding dozens in attacks that showed armed unrest spreading across ...

The Deputy Bishop of London has broken ranks over the death of Baroness Thatcher hitting out at what he called a "tide of eulogy and propaganda" and the "suppression of dissent".     ...

The latest updates from the trial of Mark Bridger for the abduction and murder of April Jones. He denies the charges. ...

Michael Adeboloja apparently handed out leaflets condemning the Government over the involvement of troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. ...

A GP who used a secret camera inside his watch to record himself abusing female patients has been jailed for 12 years after admitting a string of sex charges. ...

The best-selling author provokes anger in the Philippines after referring to the capital, Manila, as "the gates of hell". ...

Baroness Thatcher gave Britain "a backbone" and "brought back respect", the former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey said.     ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The downturn across euro zone businesses eased slightly this month, although a dearth of new orders means the bloc's economy is likely to contract again in the second quarter, business surveys showed o ...

The 20-year-old is said to be on the run and possibly armed after four bodies are found at a family home in Brno. ...

Animal workers are using the internet to reconnect desperate owners with pets that have gone missing in the Oklahoma City storm. ...

All cats get hairballs, but Ty the tiger needs a little veterinary help to get rid of a furry blockage the size of a basketball. ...

(Reuters) - Struggling British airline Flybe Group Plc will quit its main London hub at Gatwick airport and has pushed back the delivery of 16 new aircraft to help it return to profitability. ...

Soldiers are banned from wearing uniform in public and security at barracks is tightened as Britain remains on high alert. ...

Concerns over steering wheel safety prompt the Japanese car marking giant to issue a third product recall in eight months. ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry began a round of separate talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials on Thursday but acknowledged there was considerable scepticism that the two sides would resu ...

President Obama is due to defend the use of the unmanned aircraft, amid new threats from global and homegrown terror groups. ...

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran is trying to accelerate its uranium enrichment programme, a U.N. nuclear report showed, but experts said it was unclear when Tehran's new machines could start operating and how efficiently they wo ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's plan to spend $6.5 trillion (4.31 trillion pounds) on urbanisation to bolster the economy is running into snags, sources close to the government said, as top leaders fear another spending bing ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's economy grew 0.3 percent in the first quarter as originally estimated, but consumer spending rose at its weakest pace since the third quarter of 2011. ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Large companies should disclose how much tax they pay in each country where they operate, the European Commission's top regulatory official said, in the text of a speech to be delivered on Thursday. ...

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed 11 security personnel and two civilians on Thursday in southwestern Pakistan where separatist rebels have for decades been battling to control the region's natural gas and oth ...

PARIS (Reuters) - IMF chief Christine Lagarde arrived in court on Thursday to be questioned by a French magistrate over her role in a 285-million-euro ($366 million) arbitration payment made to a supporter of former pres ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - SABMiller, the world's second biggest brewer, reported profit growth in line with expectations thanks to a surge in earnings in Latin America and Africa and said its markets should be broadly unchang ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Daily Mail said it expected to deliver solid growth in full-year adjusted profit before tax after strength in its events division helped it to meet forecasts for the half year. ...

(Reuters) - Booker Group Plc, Britain's biggest cash-and-carry wholesaler, reported a 13 percent rise in full-year profit, helped by demand from small retailers and growing online sales. ...

LONDON (Reuters) - State-backed Lloyds Banking Group said it had raised 450 million pounds from the sale of 15 percent of wealth manager St. James's Place to boost its capital. ...

LONDON (Reuters) - British baby and maternity products retailer Mothercare posted a better-than-expected rise in full-year profit and said it was making good progress with its three-year turnaround plan. ...

Baroness Thatcher gave Britain "a backbone" and "brought back respect", the former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey said.     ...

Yuichiro Miura, who is 80, says he feels "totally exhausted" as he speaks to his team after reaching the highest place on earth. ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co Ltd will recall about 841,000 vehicles worldwide including the Micra compact car, also known as the March, as a result of a steering wheel glitch, Japan's No.2 automaker said on Thursday ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory activity shrank for the first time in seven months in May as new orders fell, a preliminary manufacturing survey showed, entrenching fears that its economic recovery has stalled and th ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A British soldier was hacked to death by two men shouting Islamic slogans in a south London street on Wednesday, in what the government said appeared to be a terrorist attack. ...

TUNIS (Reuters) - For the first time since the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011, relations between mainstream Islamists in government and radical Salafist Muslim activists have reached breaking point, sparking deadly clashe ...

The emergency response committee, Cobra, meets shortly to discuss security measures after a man is butchered in a London street. ...

A mother-of-two has been recounting how she confronted one of the alleged attackers to try to prevent more bloodshed. ...

The stress of what has happened to Moore, where a powerful tornado has flattened scores of homes, is taking its toll on residents. ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co said sales of the latest version of its flagship Galaxy S smartphone have reached 10 million since its launch in late April, making the model its fastest selling smartphone. ...

Riot police contained an English Defence League demo following the Woolwich killing, while elsewhere two mosques were attacked. ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel appointed him for his charm and political skill as marshal of her vision of a 'green revolution' in Europe's biggest power market. A year on, Peter Altmaier finds himself spurn ...

MOORE, Oklahoma (Reuters) - Tornado survivors thanked God, sturdy closets and luck in explaining how they lived through the colossal twister that devastated an Oklahoma town and killed 24 people, an astonishingly low tol ...

Fewer than one person in five who requires nursing home care will benefit from government reforms due to be announced today, an analysis found. ...

The National Archive reveals secret wartime plans involving assassinations, cross-dressers and even stink bombs. ...

Portraits of those lost in the storm begin to emerge as a community joins together to mourn and rebound from tragedy. ...

Fewer than one person in five who requires nursing home care will benefit from government reforms due to be announced today, an analysis found. ...

English Defence League supporters have thrown missiles at police in Woolwich after a machete attack that left one man dead. ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - European aid groups said their banks in Europe had stopped sending money to North Korea in the wake of U.S. sanctions on Pyongyang's main foreign exchange bank, leaving them scrambling for a solution ...

GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) - The UK and French governments will join a global initiative that will require oil and mining firms to comply with new disclosure measures aimed at tackling corruption, Prime Minister David Camer ...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Metals swap deals with Iran by Switzerland-based commodities giants Glencore Xstrata and Trafigura could have been a way of skirting international sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear prog ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The European Central Bank could expand its policy toolkit if needed to battle deflation risks, a top ECB official said on Wednesday, adding that the central bank was also weighing measures to encou ...

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's finance minister said on Wednesday he planned to issue a long-term economic plan aimed at keeping the country on track after the strictures imposed by a bailout are removed next year. ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus is helping the U.S. economy recover but the central bank needs to see further signs of traction before taking its foot off the gas, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke ...

Fewer than one person in five who requires nursing home care will benefit from government reforms due to be announced today, an analysis found. ...

Six Muslim terrorists have admitted planning to attack a rally by the far-right English Defence League with homemade bombs, guns and knives.     ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron called an emergency security meeting on Wednesday after a man was killed near an army barracks in London, and two men were shot and wounded by police. ...