A review of the business rates system in England has been launched, with its findings due in time for the Budget in 2016.

The University of Oxford will decide whether to pull out of its investments in coal and oil sands later.

Schools in the worst-funded areas of England get on average nearly £2m less - enough for 40 teachers - than those in the best-funded ones, experts say.

The Venezuelan National Assembly approves legislation granting President Nicolas Maduro the power to govern by decree until the end of the year.

The tomb of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has been almost completely levelled in fighting near the city of Tikrit, new footage reveals.

London's British Museum continues to be the most popular visitor attraction in the UK, according to the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions.

Three teenagers who were stopped from travelling to Syria after UK police alerted Turkish officials are released on bail.

China has overtaken Germany, France and the UK to become the world's third largest exporter of arms behind the US and Russia.