Pulling out British troops prematurely from Afghanistan could "dangerously weaken" remaining international forces, MPs say.

The Scottish government is to urge the phone hacking public inquiry to consider a 2006 report on privacy laws being broken.

US single mother Casey Anthony is released from jail after being acquitted of her two-year-old daughter's murder, but convicted of lying to police.

The final Harry Potter movie breaks the record for the biggest first day box office sales in the US and Canada, according to studio estimates.

Senior managers at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport meet detectives as the investigation into the deaths of three people there continues.

Flooding causes disruption across Scotland, including parts of Inverness, Perth and Edinburgh, after almost 24 hours of heavy rain.

The IMF says Greece's debt is on a "knife's edge", as UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says he is "incredibly worried" about the crisis.

Images from a "bee-attracting" competition in China's Hunan province, which pitted two fearless bee keepers, Lu Kongjiang and Wang Dalin, against one another.