The jury in the sex abuse trial of the former BBC broadcaster Dave Lee Travis retires to consider its verdicts.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has been diagnosed with a "fairly aggressive" rare cancer, doctors treating him say.

People in Scotland will vote later on whether the country should stay in the UK or become an independent nation.

Australian police make 15 arrests in Sydney and Brisbane in what they say is the biggest counter-terrorism operation in the country's history.

The US House of Representatives approves President Barack Obama's plan to train and arm the moderate Syrian opposition taking on Islamic State.

A British nurse who recovered from Ebola travels to the US to donate blood to try to save the life of another victim of the virus.

Islamic extremism in the Middle East and the Rotherham abuse scandal are fuelling a UK far-right backlash, a Home Office adviser claims.

Arizona Cardinals running back Jonathan Dwyer is arrested on suspicion of domestic violence, police say, the latest such incident to rock the NFL.