The US secretary of state and the Iranian foreign minister meet at the UN to discuss Iran's nuclear programme - the highest-level talks since 2007.

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.

The Chancellor has responded to criticism that his Help to Buy scheme could cause a dangerous housing market boom, by giving powers to the Bank of England to constrain its impact.

A man whose wife and three children were killed in a house fire in Leicester two weeks ago speaks of his upset that their funerals have not yet taken place.

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

People in Middlesbrough vote to retain an elected mayor, rather than switching to having an elected council leader and executive.

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.