Northern Ireland golfer Rory McIlroy arrives back home following his victory in the US Open championship.

The Greek government wins a critical vote of confidence in parliament as it struggles to win support for extra austerity measures and avoid a sovereign default.

A lorry fire forces the M4 to close eastbound at junction 18 outside Bath, causing serious traffic delays.

Mexican officials say they have arrested the alleged leader of the La Familia drugs cartel, one of the top drug gangs in the country.

A third of drivers have cut down on the number of car journeys they make because of the cost of motoring, an RAC report suggests.

A photographer is wounded as shots are fired when violence flares for a second night at a sectarian interface near a Catholic enclave in east Belfast.

Europe's big space freighter is commanded to destroy itself in the Earth's atmosphere, burning up over the South Pacific.

The UK's extradition arrangements with the US and the EU need to be overhauled to protect the rights of individuals, a committee of MPs and peers argues.