By Patrick Rucker WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A fiery oil train derailment in West Virginia this week exposes lax safety standards and strengthens the case for tougher U.S. rules governing such shipments, safety advocates said on Tuesday. This month, the U.S. Department of Transportation sent a safety plan to the White House for final review. The […]

By Alwyn Scott NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. aviation regulator proposed rules on Sunday for commercial drone flights that would lift some restrictions but would still bar activities such as the delivery of packages and inspection of pipelines that have been eyed by companies as a potentially breakthrough use of the technology. The long-awaited […]

But now scientists reckon one way to tempt aliens into making contact with humans is to teach them the rules of… cricket. The move is the next step by members of Seti (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) in their attempts to …

David Cameron has claimed the idea of inmates taking part in elections makes him ‘physically ill’ and vowed to challenge any ruling giving a right to vote.

"The Beast from the Earth Killing People and People Receiving the Mark of the Beast" circa 1255 – 1260. Before you begin reading, check the calendar, and confirm that we're nowhere near April Fools' Day. Everything you are …

Britain’s top civil servant Sir Jeremy Heywood has been asked to urgently set out who will be Prime Minister if neither the Tories nor Labour win an overall majority in the election.

Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss said EU laws allow cheap-skate producers to import cut-price foreign milk, process it into cheese in the UK, before labelling it with a Union Jack.

A court in Switzerland has ruled that Italian prosecutors should have access to information about an account held by the Vatican bank, the Institute for Religious Works (IOR). The Swiss federal criminal court rejected an appeal …

During the fighting, Israel launched about 5,000 airstrikes and unleashed thousands of artillery at Gaza, while Gaza militants fired about 4,300 rockets and mortar rounds at Israel. More than 2,200 Palestinians were killed, most of them civilians …

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sided with a company that amended a collective bargaining agreement to force retirees to pay toward healthcare costs, throwing out a lower-court ruling that favored the former employees who objected to the change. On a unanimous vote, the nine-member court handed a win […]