Suffragettes would have been 'outraged' by the injustices faced by women today, the great-granddaughter of their leader says on International Women's Day.

Two men are charged in connection with the murder of Russian opposition activist Boris Nemtsov, and three other suspects appear before a court in Moscow.

A record-breaking attempt to fly around the world in a solar-powered plane is set to get under way on Monday from Abu Dhabi.

India's NDTV network halts programming for an hour, in protest at the banning of a controversial BBC documentary about the Delhi rape case.

Police are called to Westminster after a man is spotted on the roof of the Houses of Parliament.

A dog has been used to sniff out thyroid cancer in people who had not yet been diagnosed, US researchers report.

Investigations are continuing into a crash in Powys which left three teenagers and a 68-year-old woman dead, and three others seriously hurt.

There will be no "further cuts to our regular armed forces" under David Cameron's leadership, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says.