Female Afghan MP Fariba Ahmadi Kakar has been released by her Taliban kidnappers, the militants and Afghan officials say.

Ricky Burns has an operation on his broken jaw after his controversial WBO lightweight draw with Raymundo Beltran.

It would be an "alarming moment" if no military action was taken against Syria over its use of chemical weapons, Foreign Secretary William Hague says.

Rafael Nadal is the favourite to win Monday's US Open final, according to world number one Novak Djokovic.

Multimillion-pound flood defences on Teesside were "overwhelmed" during torrential rain on Friday, Northumbrian Water says.

The US secretary of state says he and Arab League foreign ministers have agreed at talks in Paris that Syria's alleged use of chemical weapons crossed a "global red line".

Scientists say that they have discovered the single largest volcano in the world, a dead colossus deep beneath the Pacific waves.

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel beats title rival Fernando Alonso of Ferrari with a convincing performance in the Italian GP.