The exiled political leader of militant group Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, is set to arrive in Gaza for his first visit to Palestinian territories in 45 years.

Cross-referencing data held on government databases is as reliable a method of verifying identity as ID cards, says a minister as voter registration trial gets under way.

A 7.3 magnitude earthquake strikes 245km off Japan's eastern coast, triggering a small tsunami and sparking evacuations.

An interactive map showing the location of bombs dropped on London during World War II is created.

US regulators threaten the head of Netflix with legal action for posting information about its performance on Facebook rather than official channels.

UK manufacturing output in October fell at its fastest rate since June, official figures show, with food and drink output particularly low.

A video celebrating the EU's Nobel Peace Prize award features archive footage of a plea from Sir Winston Churchill for a "kind of United States of Europe".

Dutch police arrest a fourth teenager, aged 16, over the fatal beating of a volunteer linesman at a youth football match.