Europe’s highest court ruled Thursday that a Dutch town had the right to refuse marijuana to foreigners, a decision that could curb drug tourism in the Netherlands. The European Court of Justice held that the mayor of Maastricht was allowed to close a...

The husband of murdered honeymoon bride Anni Dewani will return to South Africa in days for an identity parade. Shrien, 30, escorted by British police, will also point out crime scenes, a Cape Town newspaper says. Read more:...

Britain will remain a “major player in the world” despite the rise of new economic powers, David Cameron has said in a set-piece foreign policy speech.

LONDON — British Prime Minister David Cameron Thursday joined in condemning students who stormed his party’s London headquarters, in a protest the press described as “brainless.” Cameron said those involved were “bent on...

Britons should go out and spend to help invigorate the UK’s economic recovery, the deputy governor of the Bank of England has urged. In unusually unguarded comments for a banker, Charlie Bean yesterday discouraged people from building up cash...

Eritrea may become a failed state if the world community fails to engage with the Horn of Africa nation, a think-tank has warned. The International Crisis Group says Eritrea is under severe stress, with the economy in free fall. This is a marked...

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has flown to Rwanda to discuss the country’s threat to withdraw its UN peacekeepers from Sudan if the United Nations publishes a report accusing Rwanda’s army of possible genocide in the 1990s. The joint...

A mother neglected her son so badly that it caused him not to grow, a court has heard. The nine-year-old boy was so poorly treated he developed a condition called psychosocial dwarfism. This left him significantly shorter than his six-year-old...

Niger is set to delay the process of handing power back to civilians by one month, a source in the election commission said, meaning the first round of presidential polls will take place on January 31, 2011. The series of votes, starting with a...

Israeli bulldozers have destroyed three unfinished buildings in contested east Jerusalem, raising Palestinian charges that the municipality is resuming house demolitions after a pause to encourage peace talks. The municipality says the razed structures...