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The decision to strip Fred Goodwin of his knighthood will come to be seen as a "terrible mistake", former chancellor Alistair Darling claims.

LONDON (AP) -- European markets fell on the news Tuesday that coalition government talks in Greece have failed after nine days of discussions, meaning the country is heading for another election next month....

PARIS (AP) -- French officials say that new President Francois Hollande's plane was hit by lightning en route to Berlin. They say no one was hurt but that the plane returned to Paris as a precaution....

PORT ST. JOHN, Fla. (AP) -- A Florida mother who fatally shot her four children before killing herself Tuesday called three of the kids who had sought help from a neighbor back to the house before firing the fatal shots, authorities said....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Brian McNamee testified Tuesday he saved medical waste after injecting Roger Clemens with steroids because his wife complained that McNamee was going to be the fall guy....

BRUSSELS (AP) -- European Union finance ministers agreed unanimously Tuesday to require banks to build higher defenses against future financial shocks in the hope of protecting taxpayers from paying for expensive bailouts....

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- President Barack Obama's shift to support gay marriage is energizing young Hispanic voters who have been working side-by-side with gay activists in their push for immigration reform. The alliance has been growing nationwide and helping dispel what many say is an outdated notion that Hispanics are less tolerant of gays than the general public....

At least 20 people are killed by Syrian security forces in the north-west town of Khan Sheikhoun during a visit by UN observers, activists say.

Pontypridd MP Owen Smith is made shadow Welsh secretary just two years after being elected to Parliament, following Peter Hain's resignation.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama can hold his own when it comes to pop culture: He's up on "The Avengers" superheroes, has a handle on the Kardashians and says he catches up with TV hits during long flights on Air Force One. But the president punted to wife Michelle when he was asked about the erotic fiction book "Fifty Shades of Grey."...

The head of JPMorgan Chase, the biggest US bank, is backed by shareholders days after it revealed a $2bn (£1.2bn) trading blunder.

Mystery shopper tests have revealed that customers are not always told what speed they can expect from broadband services.

Jon Cruddas is put in charge of Labour's policy review in a minor reshuffle of Ed Miliband's shadow cabinet.

Gary Lineker expects Peter Crouch to be included in England's Euro 2012 squad, which will be announced on Wednesday.

Human error is blamed for a mix-up over payments to Kent County Council leader Paul Carter which cost the authority £20,000.

Jewellery made with stones cut from the world's biggest diamond will go on display for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

Papers relating to the way the culture secretary handled News Corp's bid to take over BSkyB should not be published, Lord Justice Leveson urges.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Unseasonable weather pushed last month to the fifth warmest April on record worldwide, federal weather statistics show....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former President George W. Bush is praising the Arab spring movement and says the U.S. shouldn't fear the spread of freedom, even if it doesn't know what policies newly liberated countries will pursue....

WASHINGTON — Unseasonable weather pushed last month to the fifth warmest April on record worldwide, federal weather statistics show.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Climatic Data Center calculated that April's average temperature of 57.9 degrees (14.4 degrees Celsius) was nearly 1.2 degrees (0.7 degrees Celsius) above the 20th ...