Boris Johnson on Newsnight has accused the government of trying to kick a decision about a new airport into "the long grass" until after the next election.

China will allow direct trading of the yuan and the Japanese yen next month, in a move aimed at promoting trade between Asia's two biggest economies.

Government U-turns on VAT rises to Cornish pasties and static caravans are an "utter shambles", Labour says.

Greggs, the UK's largest bakery chain, enjoys a 6% share price boost after the government revises its "pasty tax" proposal.

Most of the 108 people killed in Syria's Houla region last week were summarily executed, UN officials say, as witnesses blame pro-government militias.

The Syrian charge d'affaires in London is to be expelled in the wake of mounting condemnation of attacks on civilians, the Foreign Office has confirmed.

Fifa is set to appoint top human rights lawyer Luis Moreno Ocampo as the first head of the ethics committee's investigations arm.

The campaign HQ of Egyptian presidential run-off candidate Ahmed Shafiq is attacked, as hundreds gather to protest against the election result.