Dentist Walter Palmer apologises to his patients for the disruption caused by the backlash against him over the killing of a lion in Zimbabwe.

Russia uses its UN veto to block plans for an international tribunal to investigate last year's MH17 crash in Ukraine, drawing condemnation.

Officials on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion are investigating if a piece of a plane washed up there is from missing flight MH370.

Poorer students in England may be put off university by funding changes that could leave them with higher debts than middle-class graduates, a report says.

The number of reported anti-semitic incidents in the UK has increased by more than 50%, figures released by a charity suggest.

A probe into claims the late Rochdale MP Cyril Smith was found with child abuse images in his car boot closes because of a lack of evidence.

One out of every five elderly people in the UK who feel lonely say they have no-one to turn to, a survey indicates.

An aurora resembling the 'northern lights' has been spotted outside the Solar System for the first time, scientists report.