The goal of seven-day GP opening is unachievable in this Parliament and risks destabilising services, the Royal College of Surgeons says.

Authorities in a county of the US state of Kentucky start issuing marriage licences to gay couples after a county clerk was jailed for refusing to do so.

Migrants are arriving in Austria after Hungary's surprise move to provide buses for them, with Vienna saying it is ready to let them travel on to Germany.

More than 40 UK councils say they are ready to offer sanctuary to refugees fleeing fighting in Syria, Labour's Yvette Cooper says.

Using electricity to stimulate parts of the brain may ease the symptoms of motion sickness, scientists say.

Jailed Guatemala's ex-president Otto Perez Molina rejects corruption allegations during court hearing - and asks to be placed under house arrest

Forty-five soldiers from the United Arab Emirates have been killed in Yemen while fighting Houthi rebels as part of a Saudi-led coalition.

Saudi Arabia says it is happy with President Obama's assurances that the recent nuclear deal with Iran will not imperil the Gulf states.