A 48-year-old man has been arrested after a suspicious device was found near a polling station in North Lanarkshire.
Britain's election campaign has delivered funny, strange and surreal moments, from UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit-branded boxing to a stranded train full of journalists on their way to a speech about rail investment.
Thousands of Thais and tourists flocked to witness an ancient ceremony of a royal barge procession on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, marking the end of the coronation ceremony for King Maha Vajiralongkorn.
Outsourcing giant Serco has finally put its electronic tagging scandal behind it by revealing that revenues from its UK operations have grown for the first time since 2013.
Birmingham Bullring owner Hammerson has sold its majority stake in a Paris shopping complex as it looks to turn around its fortunes.
Russia's largest oil company, Rosneft, is in talks with Japanese state-run oil and gas firm Jogmec, and other possible investors to secure funds for its massive Vostok oil project in the Russian Arctic. It was earlier reported that Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin met with representatives from Japanese companies including Mitsubishi, Mitsui & Co, Itochu, and...
Berlin has reaffirmed its support for the Russia-led gas pipeline despite the threat of new US sanctions against European firms involved in the project. Nord Stream 2 will be completed, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. "European energy policy is decided in Europe, not the United States. We reject any outside interventions and extraterritorial sanctions,"...
