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US skyscraper linked to Iran is confiscated

13.11.09
Prosecutors in America have moved to seize four mosques and a Manhattan skyscraper owned by a Muslim group suspected of being controlled by Iran... more

Victims' families see Beltway Sniper die by lethal injection

11.11.09
The Washington sniper was executed as relatives of his victims watched the man who brought terror to the city in a three-week shooting campaign take his final breath... more

Britain is as bad as The Wire, say Tories

25.08.09
Parts of Britain are so blighted by crime they resemble the streets of Baltimore in cult TV show The Wire, the Tories said... more

It's Hunter Mahan's record but Tiger Woods's victory

06.07.09
Golf: Tiger Woods overcame a course record-equalling performance by Hunter Mahan to win the AT&T National at Congressional Country Club in Maryland... more

Regulator puts French bid at US nuclear buy under a cloud

03.07.09
The French walked off with the UK's fleet of nuclear power stations last autumn in an uncontested £12 billion raid, but EdF's attempt at a similar coup in the US may be unravelling ... more

Nicky row won't hurt racing, says Dickinson

29.06.09
Michael Dickinson does not believe that the Nicky Henderson 'drugs' controversy will damage racing's reputation... more

VIDEO: Seven die in Washington Metro ‘thunder crash’

23.06.09
At least seven people have died in a “thunder crash” train collision — the worst disaster in the history of Washington DC’s Metro system... more

WORLD: Stanford to appear in court on fraud charges

19.06.09
Texas billionaire Allen Stanford is to appear in a federal court in Virginia over allegations of massive fraud involving his Antigua bank, after he surrendered to the FBI... more

Teenager 'stabbed to death over £15 debt from night club'

15.06.09
A teenager was stabbed to death in the street for the sake of a £15 debt, the Old Bailey has heard... more

Holocaust museum killer boasted of his anti-Semitic history

11.06.09
A white supremacist who shot a security guard dead at a Holocaust Museum in Washington DC has a long history of criminal and anti-Semitic behaviour, it emerged... more

Woman killed friend and cut out her baby

09.06.09
A woman is accused of killing a heavily pregnant woman and cutting open her abdomen to take her baby... more

Student protesters to boycott Obama over his abortion stance

15.05.09
Barack Obama faces a backlash this weekend against his pro-choice views on abortion... more

The twins aged five who suffer from Alzheimer’s

26.03.09
A radical new treatment for children with a devastating disease known as childhood Alzheimer’s is to be tested on five-year-old American twins... more

Two teens stabbed to death

20.02.09
Two teenagers have been stabbed to death only hours apart in separate attacks... more

‘Yes, sir!’ and ‘Amen’ to an unimaginable triumph

19.01.09
As the Obamas take over the best address in town, black Washington’s churches are filled with rejoicing. But here, in the poorest parts of the city, no one expects a miracle... more

Republicans jump ship as McCain's hopes sink

30.10.08
John McCain suffered a further blow to his presidential hopes when another senior Republican defected to Barack Obama... more

Race for the White House ain’t over

29.10.08
With less than a week until Americans go to the polls, only a last-minute comeback can save John McCain... more

Alistair Cooke body parts gang is jailed

23.10.08
Three men who conspired to plunder corpses and sell body parts, including the corpse of British broadcaster Alistair Cooke, have been jailed in America... more

St Alban epitomises success

20.10.08
Jeremy King and Chris Corbin's talent for creating superb restaurants has echoes of the cathedral at St Albans.... more

Lobbyist who rocked Washington jailed

05.09.08
A disgraced Washington lobbyist is to serve four more years in jail in a corruption scandal that rocked the city's power elite... more

As Bond star George Lazenby and tennis ace Pam Shriver head for the divorce courts, the truth about... the spy who shoved me

23.08.08
This week, as the George Lazenby-Pam Shriver marriage imploded, the pair began slinging mud - and much more - at each other as the battle for custody of their three young children picked up pace. ... more

America's Next Top Model reveals its latest twist...a transsexual contestant

15.08.08
America's Next Top Model is set to push the boundaries of beauty once again ... by featuring the first ever transsexual contestant. ... more

Rise of the human dolphin

12.08.08
He has come a long way from the days when he was bullied endlessly about his oversized ears and lisp... more

Abducted 'Snooks' reunited with mother

04.08.08
The seven year-old-girl snatched by her estranged father is spending time with her City director mother... more

Uma Thurman's relief after obsessive fan is convicted of stalking her

06.05.08
A 37-year-old man has been found guilty of stalking actress Uma Thurman in a New York City court this morning. Former psychiatric patient Jack Jordan was convicted of fourth-degree stalking and second-degree aggravated harassment at the State Supreme Court in Manhattan after a day of deliberating ... more

Uma Thurman: 'Seeing stalker in court made me feel sick and completely freaked out'

02.05.08
Uma Thurman said she felt 'sick' and 'completely freaked out' when she came face to face yesterday with the former mental patient accused of stalking her and harassing her and her family for almost three years... more

With weak dollar and subprime woe, Britons eye up US property

18.03.08
If you are fed up with reading endless reports of imminent financial meltdown because of the American subprime mortgage crisis fear not, there is some good news.... more

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