UN Ambassador Susan Rice withdraws her name for consideration from the race to succeed Hillary Clinton as US secretary of state, the White House says.

A teenager is charged with murdering four siblings in a fire in Lancashire.

The US space agency, Nasa, admits it mistook a mountain in India for Everest when it posted online a picture taken from space.

Thousands of Palestinians take part in the first mass rally organised by Islamist militant group Hamas in the West Bank since 2007.

Charity the NSPCC launches an advertising campaign to remind people child abuse is not just an historical problem, amid the Jimmy Savile scandal.

Sentiment among Japan's big manufacturers worsens in the three months to December, underlining the weakness in its economy.

About 300,000 people who have failed to send in their tax returns for 2010-11 could soon see their goods seized, HM Revenues & Customs says.

A partnership of UK universities is launching an online project offering access to higher education courses via computers, mobiles or tablets.