President Obama acknowledges that US agencies underestimated the threat posed by the Islamist insurgency in Syria.

The three-month suspended sentence given to former BBC DJ Dave Lee Travis for indecent assault is to be reviewed by UK attorney general’s office

A teenage boy is found guilty of shooting his 15-year-old girlfriend dead after she went to give him a birthday present.

Spain's Constitutional Court suspends Catalonia's independence referendum, planned for 9 November, after a request by the central government.

The 55% tax rate on some inherited pensions is to be cut, George Osborne will tell the Conservative party conference.

France's far-right National Front party wins its first ever Senate seats, with right-wing parties looking set to take control of the upper house.

Many adults in the UK are unaware of the risk factors for heart disease, according to a new poll.

Thousands of pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong defy fresh volleys of tear gas as authorities try to quell spreading unrest.