Nearly 85 percent of voters cast their ballots in the independence referendum. — -- Scotland won't be leaving the United Kingdom after all. After weeks of buildup, Scots rejected independence and ...

EDINBURGH, Scotland -- Scottish voters have rejected independence, deciding to remain part of the United Kingdom in a historic referendum that shook the country to its core. The decision prevented a ...

In 1746 forces loyal to Bonny Prince Charlie, the last Stuart claimant to the throne of Scotland, were crushed at the Battle of Culloden, near Inverness. Almost 40 years earlier, in 1707, the Act of ...

LONDON – The United Kingdom might not exist in its current form in a decade’s time, half of its citizens believe, an Ipsos MORI poll found. The 52-48 percent vote in 2016 to leave the European Union ...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to highlight the benefits of remaining in the U.K. when he meets with the Scottish leader on Thursday during his first visit to Scotland since taking office.

Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf offered for the country to be the first in the United Kingdom to accept Gazan refugees amid the Israel-Hamas war. Yousaf drew swift condemnation on social media, ...

Scotland's new plan to fund big infrastructure projects already has an affectionate name: "kilts." The country was Wednesday night given the same credit rating as the United Kingdom — paving the way ...

If Scotland leaves the UK, reverberations will be felt around the world. — -- Of all the many crises this summer -- from ISIS, to Ukraine, Ebola to Libya -- who'd have thought jolly old England ...

Almost afraid to know itself. THE period between the two World Wars, gloomy enough in the history of the United Kingdom, forms one of the darkest chapters in the story of Scotland. Bled white in the ...

Danita Catherine Burke is a postdoctoral researcher based at the Center for War Studies, University of Southern Denmark. Her research is currently funded by the Carlsberg Foundation. Faced with the ...

On Thursday, when Scottish voters put their relationship with the U.K. to the ballot, three hundred years of membership in the United Kingdom will be at stake. But those 307 years of togetherness ...

People in Scotland are voting in regional parliamentary elections. Victory for nationalist candidates will lead to calls for a referendum on Scottish independence and a possible split from the U.K.