Sex abuse allegations against Dave Lee Travis have cost him "his job, his living and everything he has built up over 50 years", a court hears.

Italian police are hunting for a stolen holy relic that contains the blood of the late Pope John Paul ll.

Ukrainian anti-government protesters leave the justice ministry building, hours after a minister threatened to call for a state of emergency.

North London football club Arsenal changes its kit maker to Puma, after 20 years with sportswear rival Nike.

The operators of two exchanges for the virtual currency Bitcoin have been arrested in the US in connection with the black market website Silk Road.

Authorities in Brazil launch an inquiry into the weekend shooting by police of a man following a protest in Sao Paulo against this year's World Cup.

Whitehall officials are warning that more terrorist attacks in Russia are "very likely to occur" in the run-up to or during the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Genetic tests reveal that a hunter-gatherer who lived 7,000 years ago had the unusual combination of dark skin and hair and blue eyes.