Russia detains 30 international Greenpeace activists for allegedly trying to seize a Russian oil platform - with many remanded for two months.

Russia and the US agree a draft UN resolution on ridding Syria of chemical weapons, diplomats say, ahead of a Security Council meeting.

More information should be provided to voters on how an independent Scotland could defend itself, ahead of next year's referendum, MPs say.

Chancellor George Osborne asks the Bank of England to take a bigger role in ensuring his Help to Buy housing scheme does not fuel a property boom.

A senior figure on the UN's climate panel says he is more worried about our abilities to rein in global warming.

Death rates following hip replacement surgery fell by half in England and Wales between 2003 and 2011, a study in The Lancet finds.

Golfers at a course in Verbier in Switzerland have had an unusual interruption to their games.

John Williams' Star Wars theme has been voted as the UK's favourite film soundtrack by BBC Radio 3 listeners.