British Prime Minister David Cameron backed new French President Francois Hollande's deficit plans as the leaders prepared to meet for the first time in Washington on Friday.
Serbs seem poised this weekend to re-elect a reformist who arrested Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic, rejecting a nationalist promising closer ties with Russia — in a sign that the troubled Balkan nation is edging away from its 1990s war legacy.
Police launched a manhunt on Friday for suspected metal thieves who stole a memorial to two children killed by an IRA bomb as the father of one of the victims branded the theft "disgusting".
Two alleged South African hitmen will go on trial on July 30 in the killing of honeymooner Anni Dewani, even if her British husband has not yet been extradited to stand trial with them, a judge said Friday.
The king of Bahrain, whose regime has been accused of rights abuses, was among nearly 50 foreign royals at a lunch Friday to mark the diamond jubilee of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.
Stuart Broad became only the seventh player in history to have taken five or more wickets in a Test innings at Lord's and scored a Test century there after completing bowling figures of seven for 72 against the West Indies on Friday.
Socially-inept DJ Alan Partridge is to make a television comeback after comic Steve Coogan signed a new deal with Sky Atlantic to resurrect the popular character.