A catastrophic megaflood separated Britain from France hundreds of thousands of years ago, changing the course of British history, according to research published in the journal Nature today.

Four men in Britain were sentenced to prison Tuesday for their role in a fiery protest against the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.

All Britons should be considered organ donors unless they state otherwise, Britain's Chief Medical Officer proposed Tuesday, saying the country faced a severe shortage of organs.

The United States, France, and Britain have drafted a new resolution on Kosovo, which does not automatically grant the Serbian province independence after 120 days of multilateral negotiations, UN sources said.

Britain has condemned a threat by Al-Qaeda's second-in-command over London's decision to award a knighthood to author Salman Rushdie.

New research from economists at The University of Nottingham's Globalisation and Economic Policy Centre (GEP) reveals that multinationals are killing some of Britain's most promising start-ups.

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has opened a criminal investigation into allegations that Britain's foreign intelligence service, MI6, recruited a Russian man for spying, RFE/RL's Russian Service reported.

101 works of art by contemporary Argentine artists are on show at the Henley Festival next week (July 11-15). The works, by 12 artists living and working in Britain and Europe, are part of a major attraction at the 25th Anniversary Festival.

After three years of hearings and recriminations, a British judge Thursday refused to extradite the multimillionaire hotelier Stanley S. Tollman to New York, a major setback for prosecutors seeking to bring him to trial on charges relating to a $100 million bank fraud and tax evasion scheme, The New York Times reported.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair today strongly defended the Iraq invasion before the parliament's top oversight body, justifying his record in office a week before he steps down.

Russia's security agency said Friday that it has opened an espionage investigation in connection with claims made by Andrei Lugovoi, the British prosecutor's chief suspect in the radiation poisoning death of former agent Alexander Litvinenko in London last year.

"Shrek the Third" had its premier in Britain on Monday, while two of its stars being in media focus: movie actress Cameron Diaz and pop musician Justin Timberlake.