The Conservative prisons minister Crispin Blunt has announced that he had separated from his wife and was “coming to terms with his homosexuality”. The MP, who has represented Reigate since 1997, denied that he was involved in any other...

The Hungarian government’s assertive approach toward international lenders and a reluctance to initiate structural fiscal overhaul may not be what the financial markets expect, but it seems to be pleasing voters. According to a new opinion poll,...

They are the generation who protested in the 1960s and have girded themselves again to campaign for Palestinian rights. The Free Gaza movement, which chartered the Challenger yacht as part of the flotilla that was attacked by Israel on Monday, is led by...

A massive power failure has plunged quake-ravage Chile into darkness, stretching 2,000km (1,250 miles) and affecting up to 90% of the population. In Santiago thousands were evacuated from the Metro and the failure affected a benefit concert for quake...

BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown has received a pre-election kick in the pants: he has been named the worst-dressed man of the year by the British edition of GQ magazine. Mr Brown, who faces a gruelling battle at this year’s general election,...

A 21-year-old waitress lost her job at the Coq D’Argent restaurant in London. She had apparently not been pulling her weight and was taking too much time off. Embarrassed and afraid to tell her family the real reason behind her sudden...

Gymnastics chiefs will be asked to check that none of the winning Chinese women’s team were under-age.The International Olympic Committee (IOC) wants the gymnastics governing body to investigate the matter.

A man has been arrested after tearing the head off a wax figure of Adolf Hitler at a newly opened branch of Madame Tussauds in Berlin.