Proposals to shorten medical training for doctors in the UK could seriously compromise patient care and safety, leading doctors warn.

The former Yugoslavia war crimes tribunal is set to rule on the appeals of five men over their convictions over the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.

A bomb blast at a Shia religious mosque in southern Pakistan kills at least 20 people and injures many more, officials say.

A body is found in a lake by police searching for a mother-of-four who has been missing for more than a week.

Mitt Romney, the Republican beaten by President Obama in the US 2012 election, has decided he will not run for president again.

At least 26 people, including soldiers, are killed in a series of attacks by Islamist militants in Egypt's Sinai peninsula.

Police forces in England and Wales lack the capability to investigate corruption among their officers and staff, says Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary.

Two pilots have set a new world distance record for a flight in a helium balloon after crossing the Pacific Ocean.