Hundreds of suspected tax avoiders are to receive letters in the coming weeks warning them that their financial affairs are facing special scrutiny.

Burma's SkyNet buys TV rights for English Premier league football games, benefiting from the recent easing of sanctions against the Asian country.

Plans to scrap rules restricting street trading could lead to increased door-to-door cold calling, the Local Government Association warns.

Pope Benedict XVI is set to add six non-Europeans to the body of cardinal-electors who will choose his successor.

The government outlines plans to spend £7.6bn on cleaner energy by 2020, to be paid for through household bills, but delays a decision on long-term emissions targets.

Opponents of Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi set up camp in Tahrir Square to protest against a decree hugely expanding his powers.

The mother of Puerto Rican former boxing champion Hector Camacho says he is to be taken off life support, days after he was shot in the head.

Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson says Irish cross-border relations have never been better.