Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown in the firing line
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was in the firing line on Saturday after voters handed his governing Labour Party a punishing by-election defeat.
Gordon Brown's darkest days yet
Andrew Porter BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown was facing a 48-hour fight for survival after an unprecedented wave of senior ministerial resignations, catastrophic election results and a series of demands for...
British PM Gordon Brown and celebrities in online plea for Suu Kyi
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and celebrities including actor George Clooney have added their voices to an online petition to call for the freeing of Burmese democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.
Brown promises action on anti-social behaviour
Paola Totaro HERALD CORRESPONDENT LONDON: The beleaguered British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, attempted to claw back the support of disillusioned working-class voters by pledging measures to rein in anti-social families, teenage...
World powers ratch up pressure on Iran
Peter Capella World powers racked up pressure on Iran to come clean about its disputed nuclear activities ahead of crucial talks in Geneva.
Showdown: Iran and its interrogators talk tough on eve of nuclear summit
GENEVA: Crucial nuclear talks with Iran begin today, with world powers stepping up the pressure on Tehran amid growing concern about the covert build-up of its nuclear program.
Brown speaks with heart, but fails to inspire party
Paola Totaro HERALD CORRESPONDENT LONDON: Gordon Brown delivered the speech of his political career to the Labour Party faithful this week, but the chances are it is simply too late.
World powers ratchet up pressure on Iran
Hui Min Neo World powers on Wednesday piled pressure on Iran to come clean about its disputed nuclear activities ahead of crucial talks in Geneva.
'Labour's lost it': Brown loses support of The Sun
Prime Minister Gordon Brown voiced defiance on Wednesday despite losing the support of Britain's top-selling daily newspaper, in a fresh blow to his already slim re-election hopes.
Brown defiant despite losing The Sun
Guy Jackson Britain's PM Gordon Brown has voiced defiance despite losing the support of Britain's top-selling daily newspaper The Sun in the lead up to a national election.
Row as royals escape cuts to public spending
THE British royal family is to be exempt from any cuts in public spending next year when the funding of the civil list – the money provided by the state to cover the family's official...
Britain's Brown prepares for election battle
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Sunday that his centre-left Labour party was facing "the fight of our lives" ahead of a general election due by June next year.
Labour MPs urged to come out fighting
Paola Totaro HERALD CORRESPONDENT LONDON: The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, has likened the British Labour Party to a gutless football team who have given up the game before the final whistle.
Merkel wins new term to lead Germany out of slump
Deborah Cole Chancellor Angela Merkel swept to a second mandate in Germany's election Sunday at the head of a new centre-right alliance she says will steer Europe's powerhouse economy back to robust growth.
Frankfurt stocks rise after Merkel win
Europe's main stock markets diverged on Monday with Frankfurt rising after Angela Merkel was re-elected German chancellor, while London and Paris both fell.
British general backs request for more troops in Afghanistan: report
Britain's top general in Afghanistan has backed his US commander's call for more foreign troops to fight an increasingly bloody Taliban insurgency, a newspaper said on Monday.
Britain on course to exit deep recession
Ben Perry The deep recession in Britain is easing, official data showed on Tuesday, boosting hopes that the nation will soon join other major economies in returning to growth before the end of 2009.
New Iranian enrichment plant sparks western fury
Simon Morgan Iran has admitted building a second uranium enrichment plant, the UN nuclear watchdog said Friday, sparking the fury of western leaders who suspect the Islamic Republic is closing on an atomic bomb.
Iran urged to open nuclear site opened
Ben Feller And George Jahn The leaders of France, Britain and the United States are demanding that Iran fully disclose its nuclear ambitions.
New Iranian enrichment plant sparks western fury
Simon Morgan Iran has admitted building a second uranium enrichment plant, the UN nuclear watchdog said Friday, sparking the fury of western leaders who suspect the Islamic Republic is closing on an atomic bomb.
