WHEN DID THE QUEEN BECOME QUEEN? ELIZABETH, SUFFERING FROM A COLD, IS THE WORLD'S LONGEST REIGNING MONARCH

Queen Elizabeth, who is battling a cold, is the longest serving monarch in the world... READ MORE›

SICK WITH COLD BRITAINS QUEEN MISSES CHURCH SERVICE

Sick With a Cold, Queen Elizabeth Misses New Yeara??s Service... READ MORE›

BRITAIN'S QUEEN ELIZABETH MISSES CHURCH AGAIN DUE TO HEAVY COLD

The Queen does not yet feel ready to attend church as she is still recuperating from a heavy cold, Buckingham Palace said in a statement... READ MORE›

QUEEN TO MISS CHURCH AT START OF NEW YEAR DUE TO 'HEAVY COLD'

Queen Elizabeth missed a traditional New Year's Day church service Sunday because of the effects of a lingering cold... READ MORE›

SICK WITH COLD BRITAINS QUEEN MISSES CHURCH SERVICE

A week earlier, the queen, who is 90, missed a Christmas Day church service, for the first time since 1988, because of the illness... READ MORE›

QUEEN ELIZABETH II MISSES CHRISTMAS SERVICE BECAUSE OF BAD COLD, PRAISES UNSUNG CITIZENS IN ANNUAL MESSAGE

A bad cold kept Queen Elizabeth II from attending the traditional Christmas morning church service near her Sandringham estate in rural Norfolk, England, r... READ MORE›

QUEEN ELIZABETH MISSES CHRISTMAS CHURCH SERVICE DUE TO HEAVY COLD

Queen Elizabeth misses Christmas church service due to heavy cold... READ MORE›

QUEEN ELIZABETH II TO MISS CHRISTMAS SERVICE DUE TO ILLNESS

Buckingham Palace said Sunday that Queen Elizabeth II will miss the traditional Christmas morning church service as she continues to recover from a heavy cold... READ MORE›

BRITAIN'S QUEEN ELIZABETH TO MISS CHRISTMAS CHURCH SERVICE DUE TO 'HEAVY COLD'

Elizabeth has attended the Christmas service at the parish church of St Mary Magdalene in Sandringham every year since 1988... READ MORE›

OUTSPOKEN PRINCE CHARLES AGAIN SHOWS HE'S NOT MUCH LIKE QUEEN ELIZABETH II

We are now seeing the rise of many populist groups across the world that are increasingly aggressive towards those who adhere to a minority faith... READ MORE›

MAGNITUDE-7.9 QUAKE STRIKES NEAR PAPUA NEW GUINEA, TSUNAMI THREAT ISSUED

A powerful earthquake struck off the coast of the Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea on Saturday... READ MORE›

NO DAMAGE AFTER POWERFUL QUAKE HITS OFF PAPUA NEW GUINEA

A very strong earthquake has struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea, and a tsunami threat has been issued to areas near the epicenter... READ MORE›

ONE IN FIVE PACIFIC ISLANDERS WOULD MOVE TO AUSTRALIA UNDER NEW MIGRATION PROPOSAL

Under the proposal, Pacific Islanders could move to Australia through a similar pathway to that which is currently enjoyed by New Zealanders... READ MORE›

RUSSIA DECLINES JAPANESE DOG DIPLOMACY AHEAD OF SUMMIT

But a Japanese legislator said Russia had turned down the offer... READ MORE›

SYRIAN ARMY RUSHES FORCES TO HISTORIC PALMYRA IN IS BATTLE

The group had taken over areas to the northwest and southeast of Palmyra, and clashes continued on Saturday, the army said in a statement... READ MORE›

SOLOMONS ESCAPE SERIOUS DAMAGE AFTER POWERFUL QUAKE

Australia's Bureau of Meteorology's Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre said there is no tsunami risk to the Australian mainland, islands or territories... READ MORE›

HUGE QUAKE HITS SOLOMON ISLANDS

A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the Solomon Islands early on Friday and a tsunami warning for the South Pacific was later lifted... READ MORE›

SOLOMON ISLANDS TSUNAMI WARNING LIFTED AFTER POWERFUL 7.8 QUAKE

A tsunami warning has been lifted in parts of the South Pacific following a powerful earthquake off the Solomon Islands... READ MORE›

TSUNAMI WARNINGS AFTER 7.8 QUAKE STRIKES OFF SOLOMON ISLANDS' COAST

Another earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 hit 66km west of Kirakira, Solomon Islands, according to USGS... READ MORE›

75 YEARS AGO, WHAT IF JAPAN NEVER ATTACKED PEARL HARBOR?

AFP PHOTO US NAVY Few events in World War II were as defining as the Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941... READ MORE›

ARSON IN THE UK BAND MANAGERS SON BURNS PUNK RELICS

And three London fire brigade crews stood around rather nonplussed, watching the event from the embankment, in case Corre's pyrotechnics got out of hand... READ MORE›

U.K. WOMEN'S EQUALITY PARTY DEBUTS

Britain's newly formed Women's Equality Party is thrashing out topics such as unequal pay and the disaster of Donald Trump beating Hillary Clinton to the... READ MORE›

HOSPITAL MADE PATIENTS 'WAIT TWO MONTHS TO HAVE THEIR HAIR WASHED'

NHS watchdog's report details series of problems found during unannounced visit to Queen Elizabeth hospital in Woolwich... READ MORE›

CYCLONE PAM LEAVES MANY OF VANUATU POPULATION HOMELESS

Related Stories Vanuatu's president has told the BBC many of his people are homeless after the monster cyclone that ravaged the Pacific island nation on Saturday... READ MORE›

"GLOWING" SEA TURTLE DISCOVERED

While filming small sharks and coral reefs in the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, marine biologists had a stunning encounter with a glowing sea turtle... READ MORE›

DEVASTATED VANUATU STARTS TO GET AID

Aid from Australia and New Zealand has begun to reach the island... READ MORE›

CYCLONE-HIT VANUATU APPEALS FOR HELP

Super cyclone pam how does vanuatu's category 5 storm compare?... READ MORE›

ABORIGINAL ACTIVIST ENTERS AUSTRALIA WITHOUT PASSPORT

Carrying a self-styled Aboriginal passport Nganyaywana man Callum Clayton-Dixon has also recently entered and departed the Solomon Islands... READ MORE›

BRITISH MILITARY BASE IN BAHRAIN IS A 'REWARD' FOR UK'S SILENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS, SAY CAMPAIGNERS

British military base in bahrain is a reward for uk's silence on human rights say campaigners... READ MORE›

5 PACIFIC ISLANDS SWALLOWED BY THE SEA

Five of the Solomon Islands have completely disappeared under water over the past seven decades, one drawing its last breath as recently as 2011... READ MORE›

WWF WORLDS RICHEST REEF SYSTEM COULD SOON SUCCUMB TO CLIMATE CHANGE

100 million of these reef-reliant peoples live in the Coral Triangle singled out in the report as richer in marine natural capital than anywhere else on earth... READ MORE›

VANUATU TAKES DIRECT HIT FROM CYCLONE PAM, POSSIBLY WORST IN PACIFIC HISTORY

Waves and scattered debris along the coast, caused by Cyclone Pam, in the Vanuatu capital of Port Vila... READ MORE›

CYCLONE HITS ISLAND NATION OF VANUATU KILLING 8

Vanuatu has a population of 270,000, and about 50,000 live in Port-Vila... READ MORE›

HIGHER DEATH TOLL FEARED IN VANUATU IN WAKE OF TROPICAL CYCLONE PAM

The Australian Bureau of Meteorology said Tropical Cyclone Pam started in the sea near the Solomon Islands before intensifying and tracking south to Vanuatu... READ MORE›

FOUR CHILDREN AND WOMAN STRUCK BY CAR IN BIRMINGHAM

The woman was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, while the children were taken to Birmingham Children's Hospital... READ MORE›

MY SISTERAND I FEEL SO MUCH FOR YOU GOOD LUCK

This is so resonant of the situation facing many children today, coming from countries such as Syria... READ MORE›

90 FACTS ABOUT QUEEN ELIZABETH II AS SHE TURNS 90

Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to visit China in 1986... READ MORE›

CYCLONE PAM: VANUATU DEATH TOLL RISES AS AUSTRALIA PLEDGES $5M IN AID A?? AS IT HAPPENED

New Zealand is upping its financial and logistics support for Vanuatu in the wake of cyclone Pam, AAP reports... READ MORE›

KANAME HARADA PEARL HARBOR FIGHTER PILOT WHO BECAME PACIFIST DIES AT 99

Mr. Harada visited Pearl Harbor in 1991, on the 50th anniversary of the airstrike... READ MORE›

MAJOR 7.5 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES OFF PAPUA NEW GUINEA, TSUNAMI WARNING ISSUED

5 earthquake strikes off Papua New Guinea, tsunami warning issued Date March 30, 2015... READ MORE›

PACIFIC ISLANDS NATIONS CONSIDER WORLD'S FIRST TREATY TO BAN FOSSIL FUELS

Their willingness to consider a Pacific climate treaty shows much-needed leadership on the world's most pressing environmental challenge, she said... READ MORE›

PACIFIC NATION DEVASTATED BY HISTORIC CYCLONE PAM

People search for belongings in Port Vila on Vanuatu... READ MORE›

CHINA'S BOOMING OCEAN PARKS MEAN MISERY FOR BEARS, BELUGAS AND MORE

Polar bears pace in enclosures at Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai on Feb. 2, 2016... READ MORE›

WORLD WAR II FLIER LAID TO REST AFTER 70 YEARS

Maj. Peyton S. Mathis Jr. died in June 1944 when his plane crashed on Guadalcanal... READ MORE›

CYCLONE PAM: DOZENS FEARED DEAD IN VANUATU IN 'ONE OF WORST STORMS IN PACIFIC HISTORY'

Cyclone pam dozens feared dead in vanuatu in one of worst storms in pacific history... READ MORE›

THE QUEEN AT 90: A MONARCH FIRMLY IN COMMAND

There will be cake tomorrow when Queen Elizabeth turns 90, and a chance for her to meet others marking the same birthday... READ MORE›

QUEEN ELIZABETH II MARKS 90TH BIRTHDAY WITH PUBLIC APPEARANCES, CORGI CAKE

April 21, 2016 Britain's Queen Elizabeth II greets well-wishers during a walkabout on her 90th birthday in Windsor, west of London... READ MORE›

COMMENT: SHARKS CAN LIVE INSIDE ACTIVE VOLCANOES

Ocean explorers recently found sharks at the bottom of Kavachi one of the most active submarine volcanoes in the Pacific... READ MORE›

'ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME' STORM SET TO HIT TINY SOUTH PACIFIC ISLAND

Cyclone Pam Vanuatu in panic over 'once-in-a-lifetime' storm bearing down on South Pacific island... READ MORE›

HEADLINES 'EXAGGERATED' CLIMATE LINK TO SINKING OF PACIFIC ISLANDS

The major misunderstanding stems from the conflation of sea-level rise with climate change... READ MORE›

RELIEF TEAMS REPORT DEVASTATION, DEATH AFTER VANUATU CYCLONE

Formerly known as the New Hebrides, Vanuatu is a sprawling cluster of 83 islands and 260,000 people, 2,000 km 1,250 miles northeast of the Australian city of Brisbane... READ MORE›

U.S. VET, 93, RECALLS SEPT. 2, 1945, SURRENDER DAY WELL, HELPED WIRE SERVICES SPREAD THE NEWS

Stephen Dennis remembers Sept. 2, 1945, well. It was the day the Japanese officially surrendered in World War II and the day he helped news organizations g... READ MORE›

SOLOMON ISLANDS: WHERE ONE IN THREE WOMEN LOSE THEIR VIRGINITY BY RAPE

Two out of three Solomon Islands women have suffered physical violence at the hands of their partner... READ MORE›

QUEEN TOO ILL TO ATTEND SANDRINGHAM CHRISTMAS DAY CHURCH SERVICE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVERA

In a statement issued this morning, a Palace spokesman said Her Majesty The Queen will not attend Church at Sandringham this morning... READ MORE›

BRITAINS QUEEN ELIZABETH MISSES CHRISTMAS SERVICE BECAUSE OF HEAVY COLD

Queen Elizabeth Misses Christmas Service Because of a??Heavy Colda??... READ MORE›

QUEEN ELIZABETH, PRINCE PHILIP LEAVE FOR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY

Queen, Prince Philip leave by helicopter for Christmas holiday after 1-day delay... READ MORE›

BUCKINGHAM PALACE TO GET $617M IN PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL UPGRADES

Buckingham Palace needs a taxpayer-funded face-lift if it's to remain fit for the queen... READ MORE›

THERESA MAY BECOMES BRITAIN'S NEW LEADER AS CAMERON EXITS

10 Downing St., on Wednesday as Britain's new prime minister, following a bittersweet exit by David Cameron that was tinged with humor and regret... READ MORE›

UK PRIME MINISTER MAY STUNS POLITICAL WORLD BY APPOINTING BORIS JOHNSON

Although May herself voted to remain in the EU, she told reporters after winning the prime ministerial race Brexit means Brexit... READ MORE›

BREXIT TO OVERSHADOW DAVID CAMERON'S LEGACY

David Cameron, the United Kingdom's 75th prime minister, left office Wednesday after six years in power distinguished by social and legislative achievements... READ MORE›

DAVID CAMERON'S LAST HOURS AS U.K. PRIME MINISTER

Prime minister Cameron is expected to make a final speech in Downing Street before heading the short distance to the palace to resign... READ MORE›

BRITAIN WILL HAVE FIRST FEMALE PRIME MINISTER SINCE MARGARET THATCHER

AP Either Leadsom or May will be Britain's first female prime minister since Thatcher, who led the country from 1979 to 1990, and the second in British history... READ MORE›

Before that the Prime Minister spoke of 'swarms' in relation to desperate people seeking safety from war, violence and poverty... READ MORE›

QUEEN ELIZABETH STAYS MUM ON 'BREXIT' CHAOS

Queen Elizabeth II meets the public on her 90th birthday 'walkabout' on April 21, 2016 in Windsor, England... READ MORE›

BREXIT EXIT: TORIES EXPEDITE PLAN TO REPLACE CAMERON

Prime Minister Cameron was expected to deliver 'Brexit' remarks later Monday... READ MORE›