A diplomatic hideaway in the south of England, scene of decades of international deals, is marking its 60th anniversary - quietly. Wilton Park began as part of Churchill's post-war peace initiative ...

At the conclusion of a libel action brought by Mr Irving against American academic Deborah Lipstadt and Penguin Books, Mr Justice Charles Grey described Mr Irving as a "falsifier of history" an ...

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For former US seaman Gary Brummett, the 40th anniversary of the 1967 Middle East war has stirred painful memories. As a 21-year-old third class petty officer, Mr Brummett was serving on board the USS ...

British officials were very uneasy about the decision to allow an entire Ukrainian SS division to settle in the UK in 1947, newly released files show. The papers from Britain's National Archives deal ...

Archaeologists in Egypt say they have discovered what might be the oldest human footprint ever found. The outline was found imprinted in mud, which has since turned to stone, at Siwa oasis in the ...

The sugar found in fruit such as apples and oranges can be converted into a new type of low-carbon fuel for cars, US scientists have said. The fuel, made from fructose, contains far more energy than ...

A football fan was left seriously injured after trouble flared before England's match against Turkey. Police on horses, backed up by officers with dogs, baton charged England supporters who were ...

Row upon row of bamboo beach huts that line the north-eastern Sinai coast stand empty. Four days ago they were full. Thousands of people, mainly Israelis, were enjoying the peace and quiet of these ...

The parents of Madeleine McCann have been warmly met by dozens of Moroccan children as they took the search for their missing daughter to North Africa. Kate and Gerry McCann were greeted in Morocco's ...

The new regulations come into force in time for this autumn's hunting season The mighty brown bear is one of the world's largest land carnivores. Alaska has a unique brown bear population of 35,000, ...

Compulsory ID cards are nothing new in the UK. They were issued to all British civilians during World War II. That is until one ordinary man said no. Clarence Willcock, a 54-year-old dry cleaner from ...