Attack on Downing St gates closes Whitehall
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Roads around Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s official residence were closed for more than an hour this morning after a man attacked the Downing Street security gates with a sledgehammer.
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Britain closed its embassy in Jakarta following a bomb threat, the foreign ministry announced.
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A bomb attack outside a Pakistani election candidate's office killed at least 21 people on Saturday, the last day of campaigning for a general election meant to complete a transition to civilian rule.
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Large swathes of London's sprawling transport network shut down Monday evening after maintenance workers walked out in a dispute over job cuts, transfers and pensions.
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British embassy in Yemen is closed amid security fears
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LONDON: Museums were closed, driving tests disrupted and ministerial cars went unwashed yesterday when British civil servants staged their biggest strike in more than a decade.
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The United States temporarily closed its diplomatic offices in Saudi Arabia on Monday after gunmen blasted their way past armed guards at the US consulate in Jiddah.
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A British cultural organization at the center of a dispute between the Kremlin and Britain closed its office in St. Petersburg under pressure from Russiaâs intelligence service.
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BAGHDAD -- A barrage of mortar fire yesterday ended a brief period of relative calm in Baghdad, killing at least one civilian and wounding more than a dozen, while insurgents continued a ruthlessly efficient campaign against Iraqi police forces and politicians cooperating with the US mission in Iraq.
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The military and police closed Afghanistan&#39;s main roads and cities Friday in a huge security operation in anticipation of bomb attacks or other violence during the country&#39;s first presidential election today.
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The M1 and M6 motorways are closed by the police in the Midlands after a lorry strikes a bridge.
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One of Britain's biggest property funds shuts its doors to withdrawals after panic selling
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A large disturbance inside the UK's biggest immigration centre has been contained, the Home Office says.
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The government said that it has ordered the closure of an independent Islamic school that was raided by police during an anti-terror operation last year.
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An angry reaction meets reports that thousands of post offices are to be closed in a drive to save money.
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Britain's biggest supermarket chain received a series of bomb threats yesterday, forcing the closure of 14 Tesco stores.
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Banks, schools and offices close as Lebanon mourns an anti-Syrian MP killed in a bomb attack on Wednesday.