LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's parliament marks 160 years on Thursday since its "Big Ben" bell first chimed, but the familiar bongs will not ring out to celebrate the occasion as the famous clock-tower ...

LONDON (AP) — A facelift that restored London’s 166-year-old Big Ben clocktower to a sparkling shine was nominated Thursday for Britain’s leading architecture award. The RIBA Stirling Prize committee ...

Britain is ending the centuries-old tradition of hereditary aristocrats sitting in Parliament’s House of Lords.

A protester climbed several meters up the Elizabeth Tower, commonly known as "Big Ben," and stood barefoot on a ledge holding a Palestinian flag. - Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Images A man who scaled ...

LONDON (AP) — Traffic around the Palace of Westminster in London came to a standstill for much of Saturday as emergency crews tried to reach a man who climbed the Big Ben tower holding a Palestinian ...

LONDON – A man was arrested early Sunday after he climbed the Big Ben tower at the Palace of Westminster in central London while barefoot and holding a Palestinian flag. The man, who appeared to be ...