LONDON : Four teenagers have been arrested in connection with a fire at an Islamic boarding school in London, police said Monday, as they stepped up patrols around Muslim sites in the capital. The blaze was the second suspicious fire at an Islamic institution in London following the brutal May 22 ...

LONDON : The British soldier killed by suspected extremists in London last week was run over before being attacked by two men armed with a cleaver and a knife, an inquest heard on Friday.The inquest in the brutal murder of Lee Rigby on May 22 in Woolwich, southeast London, was opened at Southwark ...

PARIS -French anti-terror investigators on Sunday probed the stabbing of a soldier in Paris in an attack that echoed the grisly killing of another soldier in London, where British police were holding three new suspects.French soldier Cedric Cordier was in hospital in a stable condition after the ...

LONDON: Tom Hardy has reportedly bought a £2 million home inRichmond, south westLondon. The Dark Knight Rises star, who grew up in nearby East Sheen, will count Mick Jagger and Richard Ashcroft as neighbours at the Georgian property. The Sun reports that he is planning to call the house ...

  NAIROBI : Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, who faces international trial for crimes against humanity, will travel toLondonon Sunday for a three-day official visit, the presidency said. Kenyatta, who will be making his first trip outside Africa as leader, will attend a conference on Somalia ...

LONDON Ethiopia's Tsegaye Kebede and Priscah Jeptoo of Kenya triumphed at a sombre London Marathon on Sunday, as runners paid tribute to the victims of the deadly bomb attacks at the Boston Marathon.Kebede hunted down 2011 champion Emmanuel Mutai to win the men's race, while Jeptoo surged to ...

LONDON - Britain is increasing police numbers by 40 percent for Sunday's London marathon as part of an effort to reassure competitors and spectators after bombs devastated the Boston race on Two explosions near the finish line of the Boston race killed three people and injured 176, triggering ...

  LONDON - Tens of thousands of tickets for Usain Bolt's return to the scene of his London Olympic victories sold out within 75 minutes of going on sale on Friday, organisers said. Bolt, who won three sprint golds in London last year to match his Beijing haul, will compete in the IAAF Diamond ...

LONDON  DS - Adele reportedly offered to buy seven London flats for members of her family.The ‘Skyfall’ singer is said to have wanted to make the purchases for several cousins, but they decided to turn the offer down, according to the Daily Star.An insider revealed: “Adele ...

LONDON Race organisers said the London Marathon would go ahead on Sunday despite the death of at least two people in explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, but police said they would review security plans.While it has yet to be confirmed that the Boston explosions on Monday ...

LONDON (BBC)Hollywood superstar Al Pacino is bringing his acclaimed one-man show to the London Palladium this summer. A Night With Pacino will include an on-stage interview with the actor about his life and work, and a question and answer session with the audience. The 72-year-old, best known for ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Raja Parvaiz Ashraf on Saturday embarked on a five-day visit to Britain to hold wide-ranging talks with the British leadership on the entire gamut of bilateral relations. Talking to media persons before his departure at Noor Khan Airbase in Islamabad, the prime ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Visitors to London have marked its hotels as the worst in a list of 100 cities due to overpriced minibars, lousy breakfasts and slow service, according to a survey released on Friday. A study by travel metasearch website Trivago of hotel reviews from more than 140 accommodation ...

LONDON - The London Underground, the world’s oldest metro system, celebrates its 150th anniversary this week, still rumbling along and carrying four million passengers a day across the British capital. On January 10, 1863, after three years of privately-funded construction work, ...

IT’S not often you’ll find a map of London with ‘Van Gogh was here’ written over a street in Stockwell. But this quirky hand-drawn effort is not your standard guide to the city.Illustrator Jenni Sparks spent two and half months sketching her creation, which includes ...

RIHANNA has revealed the inspiration behind her new fashion line is the city of London.The Barbadian singer announced earlier this year that she would be collaborating with British high street retailer River Island on a clothing range.The star has unveiled a sneak peek at her collection, which will ...

LONDON - London High Court in its verdict against Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has ordered the carrier to pay 35,000 pounds to Travel Agents as fuel surcharge commission.The court also dismissed the appeal of PIA, in which PIA had contended that fuel surcharge is government tax and it ...

London High Court has ordered Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to pay £35,000 to Travel Agents as fuel surcharge commission within 21 days.The court also dismissed the appeal of national flag carrier, in which PIA had contended that fuel surcharge is government tax and it could not ...

LONDON - Plans by an Islamic group to build a giant mosque able to accommodate more than 9,000 worshippers in the shadow of London’s Olympic Park have been rejected by the local authority. Tablighi Jamaat, a missionary group with roots in India, has been trying since 1999 to build the mosque ...

LONDON  - The eight tons of gold, silver and copper unearthed from mines in Mongolia and Utah and now under guard at the Tower of London is the largest ever haul used to make Olympic medals."The medals arrived at the tower on July 2, and we will keep them under tight security" Tracey Sands, ...

LONDON - London Mayor Boris Johnson insisted Sunday the city was ready to host the 2012 Olympics despite a national plunge into nervous self-depression before the excitement begins.Johnson said Britain was feeling the necessary tension before a big performance, as the clock ticks down to Friday's ...

PLANS to transform the City’s iconic Gherkin building to ‘The Penguin’ could see a giant bird towering over Londoners this summer.Bosses at ZSL London Zoo commissioned a production team to draw up a dramatic redesign of the famed skyscraper to remind visitors to the capital not to ...

LONDON - Toasted tea cakes dripping in Yorkshire butter for breakfast, cod and chips, or maybe a pole and line caught tuna salad washed down with a glass of London 2012 red wine for lunch - spectators at this year’s Olympics will not be going hungry.Games organizers on Wednesday released ...

ISLAMABAD - London 2012 will be the biggest Paralympics in history, with 19 more nations taking part than four years ago, organisers said Monday as they began counting down the last 100 days until the Games. Some 4,200 competitors will take part — up from 3,951 in Beijing in 2008 — and ...

ATHENS  - The Olympic flame was heading to Britain from a rain swept Athens on Friday to light a 70-day torch relay leading to the opening of the Games in London on July 27.Former England football captain David Beckham, Princess Anne and London Games chairman Seb Coe were among its flying ...

LONDON - London has pledged to host the greenest Olympic Games ever staged, but it could take years before the promises start to flower. The pledge was made seven years ago by then-prime minister Tony Blair when London won the right to host the 2012 Olympics.Bigger, more beautiful, cleaner: all ...

LONDON  - Babies will be allowed into London Olympic venues without a ticket if they are firmly fastened to an adult, organizers said on Tuesday in a climbdown after complaints from angry mothers. Tickets for the Games first went on sale in March last year, since when some of those lucky ...

LONDON - London 2012 organisers braced themselves for their biggest test of the Olympic Park on Wednesday while assuring spectators that airport-style security would not mean hours of queuing to get in.Six test events are taking place at five venues over the next week with 11,000 staff, including ...

ISLAMABAD – British High Commissioner in Pakistan Adam Thomson has termed the 2008 Beijing Olympics a very well-organised and disciplined event and said the 2012 London Olympics would be held in a different and unique British style. “It is a good opportunity for British people to show ...

LONDON - London Olympic organisers stressed the importance of creating a legacy from the Games on Wednesday as they started the 100-day countdown by unveiling the event's motto: "Inspire a generation".The milestone was marked by celebrations around the world as well as the start of three test ...