Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will not stand in the next presidential election due in four years, a ruling party official says.

Mark Webber, Lewis Hamilton, Felipe Massa and Michael Schumacher are in action on the fourth day of testing at the Circuit de Catalunya.

At least 26 people are killed after a suicide bomber targeted a government building in northern Afghanistan, officials say.

Manchester City's second-choice keeper Shay Given will discover this week if he needs surgery after suffering a shoulder injury.

Rangers manager Walter Smith rates the 3-0 defeat by Celtic as his worst Old Firm experience since his return to the Ibrox helm in January 2007.

A general election candidate produced a leaflet branding his Liberal Democrat rival in Portsmouth South a paedophile, a court is told.

The grandson of the former East End gangland enforcer "Mad" Frankie Fraser is wanted by police over an alleged drug-smuggling plot.

A new Crimestoppers' campaign targeting UK suspects thought to be hiding in Spain is being launched in Alicante.