China's economic growth slows to 7.4% last year from 7.7% in 2013, marking its slowest pace of expansion in 24 years.

Guards enter a compound at an Australian offshore detention centre where asylum seekers had barricaded themselves in, removing alleged ringleaders.

Doctors have carried out the first organ transplant from a newborn in the UK, giving a dead baby's kidneys and liver cells to two separate recipients.

Ofsted needs a broader approach to inspecting child protection services, say council leaders

A Lords Resistance Army (LRA) leader, Dominic Ongwen, arrives in The Hague from Africa to face war crimes charges.

Shia Houthi rebels surround the Yemeni prime minister's residence in the capital Sanaa, after a day of clashes followed by a truce, ministers say.

MPs approve legislation to help fast-track female bishops into the House of Lords over the next decade.

Monitors in eastern Ukraine warn of a serious deterioration in security as fighting intensifies in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.