US President Barack Obama has condemned psychiatric therapies designed to "repair" gay, lesbian and transgender youth.

A US treasure hunter - who spent years evading authorities - will go to prison rather than testify about the gold he discovered in a historic shipwreck.

The rights group Amnesty International says it has evidence pro-Russian separatists summarily killed four Ukrainian soldiers in their captivity.

A class action suit against Facebook, brought by 25,000 users who allege violations of European privacy laws, is due to begin in a court in Austria later.

North Korea accuses Mexico of illegally holding one of its ships, but the UN says it belongs to a firm blacklisted for violating sanctions.

The sister of a murdered schoolgirl speaks publicly for the first time since the discovery of the teenager's body 20 years ago.

Ed Miliband says Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has "demeaned himself and... his office" by calling the Labour leader a backstabber.

There was no sign of forced entry to the building in Hatton Garden where burglars emptied up to 70 safe deposit boxes, say police.