Syria is in civil war, warns the UN's head of peacekeeping, as the US accuses Russia of supplying the Syrian government with attack helicopters.

The Irish government pardons more than 4,500 former soldiers who deserted the Defence Forces during World War II to fight with the Allied Forces.

The number of people attending A&E units with sports injuries has jumped by 15% a year, official figures show.

Henry Hill, a former mobster-turned-FBI informant whose life became the basis for Martin Scorsese's 1990 movie Goodfellas, dies in Los Angeles aged 69.

New technology to enable people to withdraw money from cash machines using their smartphone has been unveiled.

MPs are set to vote on a Labour move to have Jeremy Hunt investigated over his handling of News Corp's BSkyB bid, with the Lib Dems expected to abstain.

The European Commission unveils proposals to end wasteful discarding of fish, amid differing ideas about what should replace it.

Councils are not being given enough time to respond to consultations on policy changes and their views should be better "reflected", a report claims.