Richard III is one of the most notorious kings of England, caricatured as a hunchbacked villain, but as experts prepare to reveal the results of DNA tests on a body believed to be his, found buried in a parking lot, is history about to be rewritten?
Iran will give "positive consideration" to a renewed prospect of one-on-one talks with the United States on its nuclear program, its foreign minister says.
Here is a look at the life of the Duchess of Cambridge, the former Kate Middleton.
Henry V rallies his troops in William Shakespeare's play of the same name before the Battle of Agincourt with these words: "Once more into the breach, dear friends, once more... When the blast of war blows in our ears then initiate the action of the tiger. Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood."
The suicide bombing in Ankara Friday is a reminder that pockets of extremists still consider political violence legitimate.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy staunchly denied allegations that he received secret cash payments.
He had been guarding the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, as he'd done many other days -- with commitment and professionalism. She had gone there to have tea with the ambassador, a respected television journalist set to renew acquaintances with a diplomat and do her job.
Corruption scandals, affecting political parties and even the royal household, have rocked Spain at it grapples with an economic crisis.
Here's a look at the life of Eduard Shevardnadze, former president of Georgia.
British prosecutors declined Friday to file charges over a prank carried out by an Australian radio show that targeted Prince William's pregnant wife
The body of an Air Force pilot has been found off the coast of Italy, three days after the F-16 he was flying went missing, his family announced Thursday.
Italian search teams have found debris thought to belong to a U.S. fighter jet that went missing, the U.S. military said Tuesday.
Officials are calling it one of the largest operations against human traffickers in Europe.
Sarai Sierra followed her passion to Istanbul, Turkey, where she went missing over a week ago.
The deaths of 16 children aged five and six together with their teacher in the Scottish town of Dunblane in 1996 was one of Britain's worst incidents of gun-related violence. The massacre stunned the country, but what did the UK do to try to prevent such a tragedy happening again?
Malala Yousafzai was glad to hear that her long ordeal of surgeries will soon be over. Just two more to go, doctors in Britain say. Hopefully.
Rupert Murdoch has apologized for a "grotesque, offensive" cartoon of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu published in Britain's Sunday Times.
Queen Beatrix spent 33 years on the throne and will be succeeded by her son, the Prince of Orange, Prince Willem-Alexander.
Rescuers are searching for a U.S. fighter pilot after an F-16 disappeared from radar over the Adriatic Sea on Monday.
An Australian radio show whose prank targeting Prince William's pregnant wife went horribly wrong has been taken off the air for good.
Jane Austen is one of England's best-loved writers; celebrate the 200th anniversary of Pride and Prejudice, with a tour of key locations from her life and work.
It's a simple love story: girl meets guy, they hate each other, and then they fall in love. The original rom-com, Pride and Prejudice, turns 200 today, with fans around the world celebrating the story that launched a whole spinoff industry.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's odds of survival "are slipping away" as the revolt against his rule grinds on, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says.
The family of a New York woman last seen earlier this month in Turkey is asking for help finding out what happened to her.
Leftist candidate Milos Zeman won the Czech Republic's first presidential election decided by direct vote.
Respected Turkish journalist Mehmet Ali Birand, who pushed for greater freedoms and argued for agreement through dialogue, dies.
Spanish newspaper prints, retracts fake photo of an ailing Hugo Chavez.
Here's a look at the life of Great Britain's Prince Philip, husband to Queen Elizabeth II.
Here's a look at the life of Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and of her other Realms and Territories and Head of the Commonwealth of Nations.
European warn Britain against the dangers of cherry-picking European Union policy after David Cameron announced Britain would hold a referendum on membership.
The debate over Catalan independence from Spain took a turn Wednesday when the Catalan regional parliament approved a declaration alluding to sovereign rights.
Prime Minister David Cameron promised Wednesday that a vote would be held on Britain's membership of the European Union, if his party wins the next election.
CNN commenters on what the EU referendum could mean for the UK and abroad.
Romanian police have arrested three men suspected in last year's heist from an art gallery in the Netherlands, where paintings by Picasso and Monet were shown.
Doctors are fighting to save the sight of the artistic director of Russia's Bolshoi Ballet after an assailant threw acid in his face.
Prince Harry has spoken for the first time about his notorious romp in a Las Vegas hotel suite when photographs were published around the world of him nude, just weeks before he began his tour of duty in Afghanistan.
Police in France have arrested a man in connection with the killing of three Kurdish activists in Paris this month, prosecutors said Monday.
Questions have been raised over the safety of helicopter flights over London as the cleanup from a deadly crash continues.
Russian investigators were hunting Thursday for the assassin of a reputed Russian mafia kingpin who was shot dead by a sniper in central Moscow.
The discovery of horse DNA in hamburgers on sale at supermarkets in Ireland and Britain is testing the appetite of meat lovers there.
Two people were killed when a helicopter crashed into a crane atop a new building in central London Wednesday, police said.
A UK Christian woman suffered religious discrimination when British Airways told her not to wear a visible cross, a top European court ruled.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Paris on Sunday decrying the French president's plan to legalize same-sex marriage and adoptions.
Britain's royal family are looking forward to a summer surprise: The Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William's baby is due in July.
The first official portrait of the Duchess of Cambridge has been unveiled in London, but has met with a mixed reaction from art critics.
"Ruby," the exotic dancer alleged to have had a sexual encounter with ex-Italian PM Berlusconi, doesn't testify at his trial Monday.
A boat's horn bellowed 32 times off the coast of Italy on Sunday, honoring each of the victims who died a year ago when a luxury cruise liner ran aground.
Under a gray sky, more than 1,000 protesters gathered Saturday in the Northern Ireland city of Belfast carrying large Union flags, some wrapped around shoulders.
The Costa Concordia, a half-submerged carcass of a cruise liner, still sits in the harbor where it ran aground one year ago Sunday.
Britain's late TV presenter and radio host Jimmy Savile sexually abused hundreds of people and carried out more than 30 rapes, police said Friday.
Hundreds of mostly Kurdish demonstrators rallied by the French Consulate in Istanbul on Friday, a day after three Kurdish activists were found dead in Paris.
Greece's parliament approved a tax increase Saturday that should add to the government's revenue but is likely to anger Greeks opposed to further austerity.
Protesters objecting to decision by the Belfast City Council to stop flying the Union flag year-round fought police.
Here's a look at the life of Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the former USSR.
Police in Greece said Friday that arsonists attacked the homes of five prominent journalists in Athens using makeshift bombs.
Spanish police seized Friday what they said was material destined for Iran's nuclear program, an Interior Ministry statement said.
Hundreds of mostly Kurdish demonstrators rallied by the French Consulate in Istanbul on Friday, a day after three Kurdish activists were found dead in Paris.
The Russian law that bans adoptions by U.S. families will take effect in one year instead of this month, Russia's semiofficial news agency reported.
The apparent assassination of 3 Kurdish women activists in Paris on Thursday, all shot in the head, has provoked shock among Kurds.
Disgraced TV star Jimmy Savile lobbied former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher for government money to help fund a hospital unit, newly released archive documents reveal.
The BBC is embroiled in a scandal that one of its veteran correspondents has called its worst crisis in nearly 50 years -- over its response to allegations that have turned a beloved on-air personality into one of the most reviled figures in the UK.
Two passenger trains collided in a Swiss town Thursday, injuring 17 people, according to police.
The Union flag was raised over Belfast City Hall Wednesday morning for the first time since a vote to stop flying it year-round prompted violent protests.
Police and their vehicles were attacked in Belfast as rioting broke out for a fifth consecutive night, Northern Ireland police said Tuesday.
Belfast is bracing for protests as the City Council meets Monday for the first time since it stopped flying the British flag year-around.
Petrol bombs, smoke canisters and hurled bricks have injured dozens of police during weeks of violence in Northern Ireland, officials said Sunday.
A French-Moroccan family of five was killed Saturday when their plane crashed near the French Alps, authorities said.
Fresh pro-British protests erupted Saturday in the Northern Ireland city of Belfast, police said, hours after nine officers were injured in rioting.
French-born actor Gerard Depardieu arrived in Russia Saturday, state media said, a day after he announced he was accepting Russian citizenship.
A colonel in the Nepalese army is to appear in a British court Saturday to face charges of torture relating to Nepal's decade-long civil war, police said.
Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai has been discharged nearly three months after she was shot, a hospital said Friday.
French actress and animal rights campaigner Brigitte Bardot threatens to request Russian nationality if plans to euthanize two elephants go ahead.
Russian president Vladimir Putin gives French movie star Gerard Depardieu Russian citizenship.
Britain extradited a man wanted by U.S. authorities in connection with alleged terrorism offenses Thursday, police in London said.
Argentina's president once again calls on the UK to return the Falklands -- known in Argentina as Las Malvinas -- accusing Britain of colonialism.
The father of Malala Yousafzai will work in a Pakistan consulate in Birmingham, England, where she is recovering from a Taliban shooting.
Here's a look at the life of the first female chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel.
The death toll from a plane crash in Moscow has risen to five, Russian state-run media said Sunday.
A passenger plane overshot the runway at a Moscow airport Saturday, killing four of the eight people on board, emergency management officials said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law on Friday a measure that bans the adoption the Russian children by U.S. families effective January 1.
Lawmakers moved to ban Americans from adopting Russian children Friday, as they passed a bill that puts sanctions on U.S. interests, state media reported.
Russia's upper house of parliament has approved a controversial measure banning adoption of Russian children by U.S. families, Russian media reported Wednesday.
A 62-year-old man was killed and two others were injured Thursday in a blast at a medical university in Ukraine, authorities said.
Here's a look at Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1979 to 1990.
Queen Elizabeth II reflected on a year of personal and Olympic celebration in a Christmas message that emphasized serving others.
On Christmas, Pope Benedict XVI spread a hopeful message to his followers, calling for peace in many of the world's hot spots.
In Spain, the lucky ones could hardly believe their good fortune --- holding a $26 lottery ticket now worth $528,000.
Britain's "Iron Lady" will be hospitalized through Christmas after surgery to remove a growth in her bladder, the Press Association news agency reported Monday.
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