There is "every chance" the 29 men missing after Friday's coal mine explosion in New Zealand are still alive, says Prime Minister John Key.

A US passenger jet bound for Moscow lands safely at New York's John F Kennedy airport after reporting engine problems.

Hundreds of Tube workers are to be balloted for strikes in a row over allegations of victimisation against two union members.

Japan's Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida resigns after causing outrage for joking about how easy his job was.

The elusive wetland spider, which until recently was thought to be extinct in the UK, is photographed for the first time.

Many depictions of mental illness on TV are misleading, a government-backed report says, but EastEnders and Shameless are praised.

Children may be safer growing up in the Afghan capital Kabul than they are in London, Glasgow or New York, a Nato official says.

The government says it will not tolerate anti-Semitic and homophobic lessons being taught to Muslim children at part-time UK schools.