New global rules to prevent banks that are "too big to fail" from being bailed out by taxpayers have been announced.

Hundreds of relatives and friends gather in Amsterdam to remember those who died on Malaysia Airlines MH17 over Ukraine.

An informal vote on independence for the Spanish region of Catalonia has shown more than 80% in favour, officials say.

Nearly 40% of under-25s who have weight-loss surgery in the UK are classified as super-obese, according to new figures.

The first TV advert showing e-cigarettes will be broadcast on Monday but critics warn the move could normalise smoking imagery.

MPs are due to vote on whether the government should sign up to a range of law and order measures drawn up by the European Union.

At least 47 students are killed by a suicide bomber at a school assembly in the north-east Nigerian town of Potiskum, police say.

The mother of the man who murdered a woman in an act of cannibalism claims the attack could have been prevented if he had medication to treat his paranoid schizophrenia.