Sir Edmund blasts US road to pole
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New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary condemns the building by the US of a highway across Antarctica.
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America's outgoing secretary of state says he will call for long-term US aid to the Indian Ocean region.
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As nations jockey for the North Pole, London starts a race for the South, just in case there are minerals to exploit
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Comment is free: Tim Watkin: Sir Edmund Hillary's rare greatness derives from much more than his ascent of Mount Everest
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Mr Howard said he was increasingly concerned at the growing rift between the US and Europe.
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A climate conference opened on Tuesday to renewed concern about the worsening threat of global warming and appeals from Britain to its ally, the United States, not to stand on the sidelines.
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: Britainâs Prince Charles, under fire for being old fashioned and elitist, battled today to convince his future subjects he is not out of touch.
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A faster-than-expected thaw of the Arctic is likely to open legendary short-cut routes between the Pacific and the Atlantic but experts say
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has been challenged to justify "dramatic" cuts which will shut diplomatic posts around the world.
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The head of the British Army during the 2003 invasion of Iraq has launched a fierce attack on the United States over its running of the troubled country since, a newspaper reported Saturday.
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Preps mass email shot in road pricing petition row Tony Blair is planning to put even further strain on Number 10âs creaking IT infrastructure, by emailing everyone whoâs signed the infamous petition against road charging.â¦
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The Duchess of York says people should stop criticising her nephew.  But the Prince is still under pressure for wearing a Nazi symbol. Breakfast discusses with commentators: Deborah Orr and Kim Fletcher at 7.39am
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A man was charged on Sunday with threatening US Vice President Dick Cheney during a campaign stop in Michigan, according to the US Secret Service on Monday.
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By Frank Urquhart  DONALD Trump's plan to build a GBP 1 billion golf resort on a spectacular stretch of the Aberdeenshire coast was dealt another blow yesterday as Scotland's main environmental agency joined other conservation organisations in objecting to the development.
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A British Cabinet minister speaking in Washington has urged more reliance on international cooperation and less on force, a message widely interpreted in London as a veiled criticism of the United States.
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US secretary of state says threat to point nuclear missiles at neighbour if it joins Nato 'reprehensible'
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An explorer plans in March to lead an expedition designed to settle a century-old debate over whether the American explorer Robert Peary was the first to reach the North Pole, the Daily Telegraph reported.