The live National Lottery Lotto draw did not go ahead as planned on Saturday evening because of a technical glitch with the draw machine.

Police hi-tech crime units dealing with cases of suspected child abuse are grappling with backlogs across the UK, the BBC learns.

People in Burundi are leaving their homes in large numbers ahead of a promised government crackdown.

Polls have opened in Myanmar's general election - the first openly contested poll in 25 years after decades of military rule.

Nine more people die of their injuries after last week's fire at a Romanian nightclub, bringing the number of deaths to 41, officials say.

A pair of licence plates from the car that drove John F Kennedy when he was killed sell at auction for $100,000 (£66,000).

The UK is "letting down" its allies by failing to launch air strikes against terror group Islamic State in Syria, Britain's top military commander says.

A man who suffered "serious knife wounds" in an attack following a night out in Essex may have had his hand cut off, the BBC understands.