Tate is gifted works, thought to be valued in the region of £50m, by the late American artist Cy Twombly.

The EU's top court considers a test case from Denmark which could oblige employers to treat obesity as a disability.

A grandmother from Pembury in Kent wins the dubious honour of being named the UK's worst holiday photographer.

Delays affecting passport applications and gains by Islamist militants in Iraq are the main stories on the front pages of the papers.

Hosts Brazil open the 2014 Fifa World Cup against Croatia on Thursday, kicking off a 32-team tournament that ends on 13 July.

Surveyors have reduced their expectations for house price growth in the UK, despite a continued shortage of homes for sale.

The US carries out its first drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal north-west for six months, killing at least 16 militants, reports say.

A teenager has been found hanging from a tree in a village in northern India, the fourth woman to die in such a way in weeks in Uttar Pradesh state.