Police forces would face "Armageddon" if ministers imposed funding cuts as high as 40%, a chief constable has said.

Julie Spence, head of Cambridgeshire Police, said police could be reduced to a "999 emergency service" if such a level of cuts was pu...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton formally opened the first direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians in nearly two years with a plea for both sides to make compromises to forge an agreement.

At a ceremony in the State Department's ...

Cricket's 'spot-fixing' crisis took a new twist on Thursday when the Pakistan High Commissioner cast doubt on the authenticity of evidence presented by the News of the World.

Wajid Shamsul Hasan was speaking after he and Pakistan Cricket Board chair...