Newmarket benefactor Sheikh Mohammed arrives in town for the first time since since the horse doping scandal broke

Malaysians are set to go to the polls, in what is widely seen as the most closely contested general election in their country's history.

Cardinal Sean Brady, the Catholic Primate of All Ireland, calls on 5,500 people at an anti-abortion prayer vigil in Knock to oppose new legislation.

Two Malian soldiers have been killed and several people injured in a suicide bombing in northern Mali, army officials say.

Sir Alex Ferguson says he has no intention of retiring as Manchester United boss, despite needing a hip operation in the summer.

Harvard history professor Niall Ferguson apologises for saying the economist John Maynard Keynes did not care about society's future because he was gay and had no children.

Current Brazilian champions Fluminense asks fans and players to stop posting photos online with their faces covered in 'Taliban warrior' style.

Some patients with damaged and diseased livers may not need a transplant if their own organ is given enough time to recover, say doctors at King's College Hospital in London.