The eight Republican presidential hopefuls meet for their 10th TV debate, on national security policy, with Newt Gingrich a new front-runner.

Private data has been lost by or stolen from UK local councils more than 1,000 times since 2008, a campaign group's report says.

South Korea holds ceremonies to remember an attack by the North on Yeonpyeong island a year ago, which sparked an international crisis.

Contact has finally been made with Russia's troubled Mars mission, Phobos-Grunt, says the European Space Agency.

An effigy of US President Barack Obama is burned by members of the Conservative student association at St Andrews University.

Lloyds Banking Group will continue discussions with the Co-op and NBNK as part of its plan to dispose of 632 branches.

Bahrain's king promises reforms to prevent a recurrence of abuses by security forces after a report says authorities used "excessive force" against protesters.

The standards of basic home care for the elderly in England are so bad in some cases that they breach human rights, an inquiry says.