CHICAGO — NATO leaders agreed Monday to hand Afghan forces the lead for security from mid-2013 as they rush to end the unpopular war and ensure Afghanistan can ward off the Taliban after foreign troops leave. In a Chicago summit declaration, ...

The government is to be forced to answer questions in the House of Commons on the controversial report by a Tory donor that called for companies to be given the right to sack workers at will. Mark Prisk, the business minister, will appear in the ...

By Mohammed Abbas | LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's beleaguered media minister Jeremy Hunt, under fire over his contacts with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, came under renewed pressure on Monday after a parliamentary watchdog said it would investigate ...

By Michael Peel in Abu Dhabi More than 60 Yemeni troops died in a suicide bomb in Sana'a on Monday, one of the bloodiest episodes yet in the deepening power struggle between loyalist forces and Islamist militants after the fall of President Ali ...

Facebook shares tumbled on their second day of trading in New York as its lacklustre debut last week fuelled fears the social networking site is overvalued. After months of hype, shares in Facebook closed just 0.6pc higher at $38.23 on their first ...

By Steven McCaffery and Michael McHugh Two dissident republicans convicted for their part in the murder of policeman Stephen Carroll must serve a minimum of 25 and 14 years in jail. Constable Carroll was shot dead by the Continuity IRA in Craigavon, ...

By Daniel Bates Families of the victims of the Lockerbie bombing are still angry with the Scottish and British government over the release of Abdelbaset Al Megrahi, a leading senator said yesterday after the terrorist's death.

The murder of a Pakistani-British college student by her parents was witnessed by her sister, a jury has heard. The decomposed remains of 17-year-old Shafilea Ahmed were discovered in Cumbria in February 2004 - five months after she was last seen.

By Sportsmail Reporter Tottenham's exclusion from the Champions League due to Chelsea's triumph in the tournament will cost Spurs up to £35million in cash - but the real damage could be far greater in terms of keeping their stars, say football finance ...

By Sportsmail Reporter Rafa Nadal enjoyed the perfect fillip ahead of his French Open defence with a commanding 7-5 6-3 victory over world No 1 Novak Djokovic in the delayed Rome Masters final on Monday. Beaten surprisingly early on Madrid's blue clay ...

England won the first Test by five wickets, as comfortable a margin as it appeared was destined until Kemar Roach cut them down to size on the Sunday evening with a compelling burst of pace. Briefly then, as England stuttered in pursuit of 191, ...

Kenny Dalglish's sacking last week has left a managerial vacancy at Anfield with several names linked. Adam Bate looks at the candidates to fill King Kenny's shoes for the Reds By Adam Bate Liverpool's owners Fenway Sports Group (FSG) have been in ...

By Sportsmail Reporter The Olympic torch went out for the first time on Monday during the London 2012 relay, organisers confirmed. The torch was attached to the side of Para-badminton star David Follett's wheelchair in Great Torrington, Devon, ...

Emmanuel Adebayor, the on-loan Manchester City striker, wants to play for Tottenham again next season despite the club's failure to qualify for the Champions League. By Telegraph Sport The Togo international was a big success last season at Tottenham, ...

Eden Hazard's proposed summer move to the Premier League was at the centre of the summer's first elaborate transfer hoax. "Eden Hazard will become United's first signing of summer 2012 after the Reds successfully negotiated a transfer with Lille.

| DUBLIN May 21 (Reuters) - Ireland have named three uncapped players in a 25-man squad for next month's three-Test tour of New Zealand. Ulster prop Declan Fitzpatrick, Munster hooker Mike Sherry and winger Simon Zebo, also from the Limerick-based club ...

A Manx charity has paid tribute to Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb who has died following a lengthy battle with cancer. Sir Miles Walker, from Hospice Isle of Man, said he would be greatly missed by everyone at the charity. Gibb, who died aged 62, ...

Pink has accused Chris Brown of miming during his performance of 'Turn up the Music' at the Billboard awards . Pink has accused Chris Brown of miming at the Billboard awards. The singer was not impressed by the younger star's rendition of 'Turn up the ...

Jordin Sparks put herself under "a lot of pressure" ahead of her performance at the Billboard Music Awards. The 22-year-old singer paid tribute to the late Whitney Houston with an emotional rendition of I Will Always Love You at the ceremony yesterday.

VICTORIA Beckham buckled up in her sharpest gear as she joined her sons for a night out in Hollywood to honour their dad David. The singer-turned-designer donned a white and beige dress, complete with three eye-catching buckles, ...

By Fehintola Betiku As if always getting a mention in the world's sexiest list wasn't enough, Kim Kardashian was keen to make sure she still has what it takes to get temperatures on the Twitter-sphere rising. The television star posted a very steamy ...

Rita Ora and Rihanna have dismissed reports of a feud after RiRi was caught planting a smacker on Ora's cheek at a party in London. Back in March, MediaTakeOut had alleged that Rihanna was "furious" after Rita was given track RIP as her debut single ...

Daniel Craig experiences trauma and Judi Dench's past comes back to haunt her in the first trailer for the new James Bond film. By Josh Wigler (@RoundHoward) "Skyfall" might be "done" for James Bond, but it's only just beginning for Agent 007's most ...

The thirtysomething Frenchman, known only as Frederic, had stormed into a photo session and screamed: "Just one night! Please, one night! I have money...!" The man was ejected by a bodyguard and Kelly has continued her film festival stay, ...

Nato leaders on Monday called on Pakistan to reopen a key supply route into Afghanistan "as soon as possible" after talks with Islamabad on the border crossing faltered. By Our Foreign Staff In a declaration at a summit in Chicago, the alliance ...

By Michael Peel in Abu Dhabi More than 60 Yemeni troops died in a suicide bomb in Sana'a on Monday, one of the bloodiest episodes yet in the deepening power struggle between loyalist forces and Islamist militants after the fall of President Ali ...

By Nazih Saddiq | ALBIREH, Lebanon (Reuters) - Hundreds of Islamist gunmen fired in the air on Monday as they laid to rest a Sunni Muslim cleric whose killing ignited street battles that brought the bloodshed of Syria's uprising across the border into ...

SERBIANS joined voters across Europe in rejecting the European Union's austerity push, ousting Boris Tadic after eight years in power in favour of Tomislav Nikolic, who advocated closer economic ties with Russia. Mr Nikolic, a 60-year-old former ...

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA, AP – 1 minute ago KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Three climbers died and two others were missing while descending from the summit of Mount Everest — a toll that raised concerns about overcrowding in the "death zone" at the top of the ...

By David Ng The magnitude 6.0 earthquake that hit northern Italy early Sunday has claimed the lives of six people and has caused widespread damage. Among the most badly hit sites were a number of cultural heritage structures, according to reports.

* No 'Made in Israel' label on Israeli goods from occupied territories * Israel foreign ministry calls plan "racist" * S.Africa decision could damage Israeli trade with others By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN, May 21 (Reuters) - Israeli goods produced in the ...

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan blocked the social networking website Twitter for several hours because it refused to remove tweets considered offensive to Islam, said one of the country's top telecommunications officials. The tweets were promoting a competition ...

Facebook shares tumbled on their second day of trading in New York as its lacklustre debut last week fuelled fears the social networking site is overvalued. After months of hype, shares in Facebook closed just 0.6pc higher at $38.23 on their first ...

Successive Greek governments have failed to carry out badly needed reforms. The problem isn't new: it goes back decades. As a result the Greek economy is in dire condition. The global financial crisis has exacerbated these problems.

Barclays is to sell its entire $6.1 billion (£3.8 billion) stake in US fund manager BlackRock which it has held for almost three years since it sold Barclays Global Investors to the Americans. The bank said the shares would be sold by way of a public ...

By Harry Glass Higher fares, yet more add-on fees and in-flight sales have helped budget carrier Ryanair to huge profits despite the fact that oil prices have soared. People had to pay an average 16 per cent more for flights last year, ...

By Chris Giles, Economics Editor The Bank of England bowed to pressure to undertake greater soul searching of its performance in the financial and economic crisis on Monday, launching three lessons-learnt reviews. The BoE's court of directors ordered ...

By This Is Money Reporter Soft drinks group AG Barr today said it recorded a 'robust performance' as sales increased despite a particularly wet April and a challenging market. The owner of Irn-Bru and Rubicon said revenues were up 4.3 per cent in the ...

By Huw Jones | LONDON (Reuters) - A British court has upheld the Financial Services Authority's decision to fine and ban two former advisers at Swiss bank UBS (UBSN.VX) for unauthorised trading worth billions of pounds. The penalties signal there will ...

By Michael Millar LONDON (SHARECAST) - Moving to a smaller home is the main motivation for selling up in nine of the ten regions of the UK, according to new research. A survey by website Rightmove found that two in five of those who intend to sell over ...

Facebook shares tumbled on their second day of trading in New York as its lacklustre debut last week fuelled fears the social networking site is overvalued. After months of hype, shares in Facebook closed just 0.6pc higher at $38.23 on their first ...

By Clive Cookson A controversial trial of genetically modified wheat in Hertfordshire appears to have survived vandalism at the weekend. An intruder scaled a security fence around the field and “caused significant, random damage”, said Rothamsted ...

By Vanessa Mock and Gabriele Steinhauser Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES BRUSSELS (Dow Jones)--Google Inc. (GOOG) was given the opportunity Monday to offer remedies in a European Union anti-trust case brought by more than a dozen companies, including Microsoft ...

ALBUQUERQUE, NM — From a park near Albuquerque, to the top of Japan's Mount Fuji, to the California coast the effect was dramatic: The moon nearly blotting out the sun creating a blazing “ring of fire” eclipse. Millions of people across a narrow strip ...

A quarter of all books sold in Britain will be electronic 'e-books' within two years, the head of Waterstones has predicted. By James Hall, Consumer Affairs Editor James Daunt, the managing director of the UK's largest book chain, said that just one in ...

The latest figures reveal that Google Chrome has now overtaken Internet Explorer to become the most widely used web browser in the world. By Matt Warman, Consumer Technology Editor Google Chrome briefly became the world's most popular web browser for ...

Parents will be able to control their child's mobile phone thanks to a SIM card remotely managed from a computer. The Bemilo system, to be run on the Vodafone network, offers a service for parents to prevent their children from going online, ...

If you're looking to step up from a smartphone camera but don't want to lug around a DSLR, a Micro Four Thirds camera might just do the trick. The benefits include interchangeable lenses too, and Panasonic has a new one that's compatible with Lumix G ...

The nation's medical records are going online by 2015 as part of a consumerisation of the NHS under a digital strategy unveiled today. Blighty's health service patients' medical records will be made available online "securely" in three years' time ...

Two patients with an irreversible form of blindness have undergone a revolutionary stem cell treatment in a bid to restore their eyesight. Corneal blindness occurs when the cornea - the transparent front part of the eye - becomes clouded so that the ...

By Daily Mail Reporter Dozens of unpaid jobseekers are to deliver patient care at three hospitals in the Midlands, an NHS Trust has revealed. It follows a successful pilot at Sandwell Hospital, West Bromwich, where six unemployed people worked for ...

By Thomas H. Maugh II An inexpensive arthritis drug called auranofin has been shown in lab and animal tests to kill the parasites that cause amoebic dysentery and giardiasis, and human trials are expected to start soon. The gold-containing drug, ...

By Adam Brimelow Health Correspondent, BBC News A poll has suggested more than four out of 10 people know - or have known - someone with dementia. The Yougov survey indicates strong concern about dementia across all ages. It suggests young adults are ...

More than 7500 women and girls ran, jogged, walked and laughed their way around Norwich's Race for Life over the weekend. To send a link to this page to a friend, simply enter their email address below. The message will include the name and email ...

Information about heart rhythm disorders is available in West Middlesex Hospital's main atrium this week. The stand is raising awareness and promoting better understanding of heart rhythm disorders as part of national Heart Rhythm Week (21 – 27 May ...

The government is to be forced to answer questions in the House of Commons on the controversial report by a Tory donor that called for companies to be given the right to sack workers at will. Mark Prisk, the business minister, will appear in the ...

By Mohammed Abbas | LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's beleaguered media minister Jeremy Hunt, under fire over his contacts with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, came under renewed pressure on Monday after a parliamentary watchdog said it would investigate ...

The number of constituency Assembly Members in Wales could be cut by a quarter, a Wales Office report has proposed. The Welsh Assembly has a hybrid electoral system - with 40 of 60 AMs serving constituencies and the remaining 20 looking after one of ...

Labour Party leader Ed Miliband has hit out at university 'snobbery,' saying that vocational qualifications are another way to succeed. He told a conference organised by the Sutton Trust that social mobility is 'sliding backwards' and called for there ...

David Cameron is the master of "chillaxing", or so says a new biography. On any given weekend the prime minister is partial to a bit of karaoke (his favourite number is apparently the Frank Sinatra classic My Way), downing a few glasses of wine and ...

A NUMBER of city churches gathered together on Sunday to pray for the Queen and celebrate her Diamond Jubilee. The event, 'United in Prayer', which was held at the Ridgeway Centre in Wolverton Mill South, is one of the many community events that will ...

The government's plans to 'rationalise' the UK's environmental regulations must not be a smokescreen for relaxing rules protecting health, the countryside or wildlife in a short-term pursuit of growth, the Environmental Audit Committee has said.

A key former aide to Boris Johnson, the London mayor, has been appointed as head of News International's communications team to help the beleaguered media company restore its reputation in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal.