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

US Republicans are reeling after House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost his primary election to a challenger from the party's populist Tea Party wing.

Chancellor George Osborne pledges more action against financial malpractice including making manipulation of the huge foreign currency market a criminal offence.

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

Three days after a deadly assault on Karachi airport, Mike Wooldridge speaks to survivors from the special airport security force which bore the brunt of trying to contain the attackers.

James Robbins explains the background and aims of the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Shams (ISIS), which has seized control of Mosul, Iraq's second largest city.

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.