Julian Assange remained holed up in Ecuador's London embassy on Friday with police guarding its exits, as Britain warned that the diplomatic row over the WikiLeaks founder could go on for years.

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The furor over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's future entered stalemate mode on Friday as he remained holed up in Ecuador's London embassy, his home for nearly two months, following an extraordinar

Prince Harry is set to become an Olympic patron, spearheading attempts to build on UK athletes' success in 2012.

After taking up the post, Harry will be involved in promoting the importance of suppor

From Thursday onwards, Indian citizens seeking to enter Britain for more than six months will need to be screened for tuberculosis before they are granted a visa, official sources said.

The costs of

Britain may be basking in Olympic glory, but at the 'People's Games' many of the host nation's team come from privileged families and compete in costly sports.

A disproportionate number of British co

Manufacturing output in recession-hit Britain slumped by the largest amount in almost four years in June as the country celebrated Queen Elizabeth's diamond jubilee, official data showed on Tuesday.

Rowers Helen Glover and Heather Stanning won the women's pair title on Wednesday to register Great Britain's first gold medal at the London Olympics.

The pair, also capturing the host nation's first

Wonder who Britons are blaming for the poor show so far by their athletes in the London Olympics? It's 'curse of Cameron'.

Upset British fans are blaming it on Prime Minister David Cameron, claiming

British border officials have called off a strike planned for the day before the London Olympics officially open, their union said on Wednesday.

The Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) said it

Rupert Murdoch has stepped down as director of a string of companies behind British newspapers The Sun, The Times and The Sunday Times newspapers, a report said on Saturday.

Murdoch resigned from the