US President Barack Obama vows to press for further immigration reform, as Republicans condemn his use of executive powers on the issue.

At least 14 people have been injured in a suspected gas explosion which has led to the evacuation of a central London hotel, ambulance officials say.

Voters are going to the polls in Bahrain's first parliamentary elections since Arab Spring protests in 2011, but many Shias are urging a boycott.

Ed Miliband insists Labour remains the party of working people, while accepting one of his MPs was disrespectful to them.

The family of murdered aid worker Alan Henning say they are struggling to comprehend his death, ahead of a memorial service.

An outbreak of plague in Madagascar has killed 40 people and infected dozens of others, the World Health Organization says.

A service is held marking the 40th anniversary of bomb attacks on two Birmingham pubs which killed 21 people.

Iran's foreign minister says he has heard "no new ideas" as talks with world powers on Tehran's nuclear programme stretch into the evening.