The US state of South Dakota enacts a law allowing school districts to arm teachers, with backers saying it will prevent mass shootings in schools.

The health minister Edwin Poots has circulated a 30 page draft document to executive colleagues on long awaited abortion guidelines.

Provisional results give Kenya's Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta a narrow victory in the presidential election, but the official result is due later.

Five police officers have been injured and offices have been damaged during rioting in Newtownabbey, County Antrim.

Dentists could one day be able to replace missing teeth with ones newly grown from gum cells, say British researchers.

Radical cleric Abu Qatada is arrested for allegedly breaching bail conditions, days ahead of the government's latest attempt to deport him.

Queens Park Rangers boss Harry Redknapp says he would be hopeful of avoiding relegation if his side can reach 37 points.

Rival football fans in Egypt protest angrily over sentences handed down over deadly riots at a match in Port Said in February 2012.