Improved cookstoves could boost the health of millions and reduce the impact of black carbon on glaciers.

An ex-prisoner loses a legal challenge at the High Court against a request by police for him to provide DNA samples.

Bosses at the UK's biggest companies are seeing bonuses reined in ahead of new rules that require shareholder approval for pay policies, research suggests.

Several people are killed and wounded in an explosion in the south of the Syrian capital, Damascus, state TV reports.

The operations of helicopters in the North Sea are to be reviewed in the wake of recent accidents, the Civil Aviation Authority announces.

Arsenal and England forward Theo Walcott will miss two World Cup qualifiers as he needs abdominal surgery.

The Football Association believes Istanbul is the "front runner" to host the semi-finals and final of Euro 2020.

A former FBI agent pleads guilty to leaking information about an al-Qaeda bomb plot to a reporter, and to unrelated child pornography charges.