Militants fired a rocket at a convoy carrying Britain’s deputy ambassador in Yemen and killed a Frenchman working for an oil company today in a pair of attacks increasing fears over the safety of Westerners.

The chief defence lawyer of the British teacher convicted by a Sudanese court for insulting Islam expected her to be pardoned with the visit of a delegation of British Muslims today.

Wimbledon champion Amelie Mauresmo is confident she will be fit to defend her title at the All England Championships.

About 100 demonstrators threw stones and firebombs at the British Embassy in Tehran today, damaging the building but harming nobody.

A group of farmers has mounted a demonstration outside the British Embassy in Dublin to protest against the actions of EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson.

Residents of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa stayed largely at home amid a fifth day of renewed protest over the results of May elections the opposition calls fraudulent. There were reports of more scattered gunfire and rioting in parts of the capital.

Sixty Jordanians held a vigil outside the British Embassy in Jordan’s capital, Amman, today to protest at the London terror attacks and express solidarity with the British people.

A SUICIDE attacker detonated a massive car bomb yesterday at a checkpoint near the British Embassy and headquarters of the interim Iraqi government.

Robbie Williams says he can't be bothered to try to crack the American market because it's too much hard work.

The Labour Party has held a demonstration outside the British Embassy in Dublin this afternoon to protest against the decision to allow a mixed-oxide fuel (MOX) plant to operate at Sellafield.