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Unemployment in Scotland fell by 12,000 to 219,000 in the three months to February 2012, according to official figures.

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- The head of a top European Jewish group says he fears a wave of violence against local communities if Israel attacks Iran....

The employment minister says firms should hire young British people "from a poor background" rather than more experienced foreign workers.

BEIJING (AP) -- Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem said Wednesday that his country was observing the cease-fire plan laid out by special envoy Kofi Annan, despite the regime's continued assaults on rebel-held areas....

NEW YORK (AP) -- The full beard he wore at the time of his arrest well over two years ago was gone, replaced by closely cropped hair both on his face and head....

Shooting breaks out during a visit to a Damascus suburb by UN observers, activists say, as the UN prepares plans to expand the mission.

MPs find children are viewing pornography and other unsuitable content online and they want more done to block it.

Three U.S. Secret Service members have left or are being pushed out of the agency following a prostitution scandal that erupted in Colombia ahead of a visit by President Barack Obama, the agency said in a statement Wednesday.

An Edinburgh man who murdered a colleague after she ended their affair is sentenced to life in prison.

Inflation will fall more slowly than predicted during the rest of this year, according to Paul Tucker, a deputy governor of the Bank of England.

David Gilroy was told he would serve a minimum of 18 years for killing Suzanne Pilley, whose body has never been found.

Twitter plans to put its engineers and designers in charge of how their patents are used.

Gun control laws were originally promulgated by Democrats to keep guns out of the hands of blacks. This allowed the Democratic policy of slavery to proceed with fewer bumps...

Police investigating the murder of father of two Simon Tang in Carrickfergus 16 years ago arrest two women in the town.

Herald American: School wants to test all students for drugs by Christopher O'Donnell:

SARASOTA COUNTY - Students as young as 11 years old would be tested for use of marijuana, pills, cocaine and heroin under a proposal by a North Port charter school that wants to institute the region's most aggressive student testing program.

Imagine School at North Port hopes to begin drug testing students at its junior high school campus next school year, including sixth-graders. Students would be required to pass a drug test to attend the school and pass at least one random drug test per year to remain enrolled.

Another drug testing program that can't survive even minimal Fourth Amendment scrutiny. Why do the legislatures want to make civil rights lawyers money?

Security forces fired at demonstrators in a Syrian city Wednesday while United Nations observers were visiting, activists said.

Teenagers regularly get an average of only six and a half hours of sleep a night.

Brendan Barber, general secretary of union umbrella body the Trades Union Congress (TUC), is to retire at the end of the year.

David Beckham's hopes of playing for Team GB at the 2012 Olympic Games remain on course.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- After making a $1 million deal to settle allegations that he misused his charity's money and resources, author and humanitarian Greg Mortenson now must face accusations that he fabricated parts of his best-selling books "Three Cups of Tea" and "Stones Into Schools."...