Syria's President Bashar al-Assad tells Fox News he is committed to destroying his country's chemical weapons but it will take about a year to do so.

Migrants from outside the EU would have to have medical insurance to enter the UK under plans by the UK Independence Party to curb "health tourism".

Egyptian security forces clash with militants in a major operation in a town outside Cairo, where 11 police were killed last month.

European stock markets follow Asia by rising after the US central bank unexpectedly said it would not begin scaling back its huge economic stimulus action.

A 27-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with the death of a three-year-old boy in Lisburn, County Antrim.

Whether NHS staff in England should be allowed to wear full face veils is to be reviewed, according to the Department of Health.

More 11-year-olds are reaching the levels expected of them in maths and writing - but one in four still do not make the grade in each of England's national Sats tests.

Record numbers of visitors flocked to the Tate last year, driven in part by the popularity of controversial artist Damien Hirst.