More than 100 independent Muslim schools could become state faith schools under new Government plans.
Pigs with organs that can be transplanted into humans could be bred within two years, one of Britain's leading doctors said today.
Members of the Committee to Prevent the Destruction of Temple Mount Antiquities petitioned the High Court of Justice yesterday to stop an excavation by the Waqf, or Muslim religious trust, on the Temple Mount.
Going to Sunday Mass is not just a rule to follow, but rather an "inner necessity," says Benedict XVI.
Stock markets in Asia fell heavily on Monday as traders and investors faced up to the prospect that US economic growth is likely to slow in the second half of the year.
Mention of the Queen could be removed from British passports and replaced by a page explaining why all EU citizens are entitled to use our embassies abroad, it emerged yesterday.
LEADING bankers are warning of the worst crisis in the money markets for 20 years, which will come to a head this week when $113 billion (£57 billion) of commercial paper - market IOUs - comes up for refinancing.
Countrywide Financial, THE BIGGEST HOME LENDER IN THE US, on Friday night announced plans for up to 12,000 job cuts, or one-fifth of its workforce, in the next three months as it forecast a slump in mortgage volumes next year.
JERUSALEM - In a case that would seem unthinkable in the Jewish state, police on Sunday said they've cracked a cell of young Israeli neo-Nazis accused in a string of attacks on foreign workers, religious Jews, drug addicts and gays.
Israeli archeologists on Sunday said they've stumbled upon the site of one of the great dramatic scenes of the Roman sacking of Jerusalem 2,000 years ago: the subterranean drainage channel Jews used to escape from the city's Roman conquerors.
VIENNA (Reuters) - On Friday, Pope Benedict rejected the concept that abortion could be considered a human right and urged European leaders to do everything possible to raise birth rates and make their countries more child-friendly.
Pope Benedict XVI has appealed for renewed respect for Sundays as he celebrated Mass at St Stephen's cathedral in the heart of Vienna.
A pair of German physicists claim to have broken the speed of light - an achievement that would undermine our entire understanding of space and time.
Levitation has been elevated from being pure science fiction to science fact, according to a study reported today by physicists.
Britain's biggest banks could be forced to cough up as much as £70bn over the next 10 days, as the credit crisis that has seized the global financial system sparks a fresh wave of chaos.