US insurance giant AIG reports a big increase in fourth-quarter profit, thanks to a $17.7bn (£11.2bn) tax benefit.

David Cameron says attacks on wealth creators are motivated by "snobbery", as Labour accuses him of "inconsistent" messages on the subject.

World leaders pledge support for political and military measures to fight Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabab, after a conference in London.

Some antipsychotic medication may increase the risk of death in patients with dementia more than others, according to US research.

Cancer patients in England who are young, female or from an ethnic minority face a longer wait to be diagnosed, researchers say.

A man facing extradition to the US on Friday for allegedly trying to sell batteries for Iranian missiles says he has been "let down" by British justice.

Eric Joyce, the Labour MP for Falkirk, is charged with three counts of common assault following a disturbance at a House of Commons bar.

A court hearing into the 1980 disappearance of baby Azaria Chamberlain, whose parents claim she was killed by a dingo, is to re-open in Australia.