David Cameron is chairing a meeting on the Syria crisis, after Britain drafted a UN Security Council resolution authorising "necessary measures" to protect civilians.

Having snails crawl across your face may sound revolting but a new beauty treatment from Tokyo is now being offered by a salon here in the UK.

Britons booking foreign holidays without researching their destination risk being caught out by unfamiliar laws, the Foreign Office warns.

Eating lots of broccoli may slow down and even prevent osteoarthritis, researchers believe.

Photos of the surface of the planet Mars are to be captioned in Latin on social networks as part of a language project.

A police hunt is under way for a gunman believed to have shot and injured two men on farmland in Essex.

Asian stocks fall, extending a global market sell-off sparked by growing fears of a military strike against Syria.

Suspected Boko Haram militants kill at least 20 people in apparent revenge attacks on vigilante groups formed to fight the violent sect.