USGS A “shakemap” from the USGS shows the magnitude 3.6 earthquake that rumbled D.C. WASHINGTON — Washington residents are used to politicians being its movers and shakers. On Friday, however, it was the earth below that shook. A minor earthquake shook residents awake in the area, rattling... 

Stelios Haji-Ioannou has bought space in a number of national newspapers for an advert featuring a cartoon of a penitent O’Leary kneeling before a priest Michael O’Leary is not renowned among his passengers for eating humble pie – he would probably incur an add-on charge – but... 

David Miliband’s gaffe over the ‘cluster’ document brings into question his judgment and intellectual honesty. Photograph: Graeme Robertson “That referred mainly to the 1990s.” With these words at the Iraq inquiry Hans Blix shot down not just Jack Straw’s... 

Royal Dutch Shell CEO Peter Voser said ‘no comment’ when asked if the firm would pursue damages claims against BP. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images Shell today refused to rule out pursuing damages claims against BP and other companies involved in the Gulf of Mexico disaster. The... 

AP Photo/European Southern Observatory Scientists have indentified the star R136a1 — thought to be the heaviest star ever discovered, hundreds of times more massive than the sun — Wednesday after working out its weight for the first time. This montage shows a visible-light image of the Tarantula... 

The president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, is due to visit David Cameron at Chequers for talks next week. Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images India tonight intensified its attacks on Islamabad for harbouring terrorists as Delhi capitalised on David Cameron’s warning that elements...