Eurozone leaders will meet on Thursday for a summit to try to resolve the Greek debt crisis and stop contagion to other economies.

Two Britons suspected of fighting for the Taliban are arrested by British armed forces in Afghanistan.

Andy Parfitt, the controller of BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra, is to leave after 13 years.

Olympic canoeing champion Tim Brabants suffers a major blow in his bid to defend his K1 1000m title at next year's London Games.

Police in Northern Ireland arrest two men over the shooting of an unarmed police officer in south Croydon, London, on 15 July.

The details of 1.5m Post Office workers dating back more than 250 years have been made available online for the first time.

A plan to rid the world of polio by the end of next year is "off track", say international experts.

A US man who shot dead three people on a post-9/11 rampage has been executed in Texas, despite pleas for clemency from a survivor of the shootings.