British Foreign Secretary William Hague urged international supporters of the Syrian regime to "wake up to...its murderous and barbaric nature" as the United Nations Security Council met to discuss reports of a deadly chemical weapon attack.

UK Foreign Secretary William Hague said the “right decision” had been reached after European Union foreign ministers agreed to end the embargo on supplying arms to opposition forces in Syria.

Israel risks losing international sympathy if it launches a ground invasion in Gaza in a bid to crack down on Hamas militants, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague said today.

Prime Minister David Cameron has said he will not campaign for Britain to leave the EU in a referendum, warning that the UK would become “a sort of greater Switzerland” if it quit the 27-nation bloc.

Europe’s leaders are expected to change the Lisbon Treaty today – a year after it was hailed as the last EU Treaty for decades to come.

The lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange today denounced the warrant for his extradition for questioning on sex allegations in Sweden as a “political stunt”.

The pastor who planned an “International Burn-a-Koran Day” is still hopeful of meeting the imam overseeing plans for a controversial Islamic centre in New York for talks.

The pastor who planned an “International Burn-a-Koran Day” will instead fly to New York to try to meet the imam overseeing plans for a controversial Islamic centre near Ground Zero.

Minutes after Gordon Brown left Downing Street after announcing his immediate resignation, a few hundred yards away talks ended between Liberal Democrat and Tory negotiators on a future British government.

Liberal Democrat negotiators were this afternoon returning to discussions with Conservatives after spending the morning locked in talks with Labour over a possible coalition deal, it was announced today.

Negotiations between the UK political parties over the shape of the next government were reaching a heightened pitch today, with some sources expecting a conclusion before the end of the day.

The Tories tonight offered the Liberal Democrats a referendum on electoral reform in a final bid to secure a coalition that would support David Cameron as prime minister.

Hopes of an historic power-sharing deal between the Tories and Liberal Democrats in the UK rose today as the party leaders began talks with key colleagues about the negotiations.

The Tories left power-sharing talks with the Liberal Democrats today, declaring “further progress” had been made towards deciding if David Cameron could seal a deal to take him to No 10.

Unionist voters in Northern Ireland were told today they could strengthen ties with Britain by backing the Conservative Party’s new political platform in the region.

The EU should not place its own president above any nation, the Tories warned today.

Tory leader David Cameron was tonight under increasing pressure to declare whether he would press ahead with his promised referendum on the controversial Lisbon Treaty, even if it has been fully accepted by the rest of the European Union.

Both the British and Scottish governments are facing acute pressure over the release of the Lockerbie bomber after the most stinging criticism yet of the move.

The British Conservative Party will today call for an immediate inquiry into the war in Iraq.

Britain's Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said he was personally saddened by the rejection of the European constitutional treaty and called for a “period of reflection”.

Tony Blair today warned of a “battle between reality and myth” over the EU constitution.

British defence secretary Geoff Hoon today tried to play down new controversy surrounding the 45-minute claim in the British government’s Iraq dossier.

BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair chaired the “decisive” meeting which led to the naming of Government scientist David Kelly, the Ministry of Defence’s most senior official said yesterday.

BRITAIN’S Foreign Secretary Jack Straw put Tony Blair’s communications chief Alastair Campbell on the spot yesterday as he said the Iraqi arms dossier prepared by Downing Street caused “embarrassment” to the Government.

The British Government was not being ‘‘wishy-washy’’ over its missile defence policy, British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon insisted today.

Calls for the creation of a European Government from German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder were today sending shockwaves through Britain.

The British Government is expected to introduce a ban on pig swill this week after it was blamed for causing the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.