Turkey fails to gain a seat on the United Nations Security Council, with members voting in favour of Spain and New Zealand instead.

Scientists have found hidden signatures in the brains of people in a vegetative state which suggest they might be conscious.

Internet giant Google reports third-quarter profits of $2.8bn, down 5% from the same period a year earlier, sending shares lower in after-hours trading.

Search teams in Nepal rescue 40 trekkers from the highest point of the Annapurna circuit, days after a deadly storm hit the popular Himalayan route.

Interest rates should remain low to avoid long-term economic stagnation, says the chief economist at the Bank of England.

Oscar Pistorius has no money left after his seven-month trial for killing his girlfriend, his lawyer says as legal arguments end.

Four men are jailed for conning 12 women out of nearly £250,000 on a dating website.

"Dozens" of UK families have contacted police in a bid to stop their relatives travelling to Syria, Scotland Yard's head of counter-terrorism says.