Scientists have sequenced the first ancient human genomes from Ireland - throwing light on the genesis of Celtic populations.

Smokers are being urged not to dismiss early signs of a debilitating disease as simply a smoker's cough, in a new campaign in England.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says Islamic State militants will be ousted from the country, after government forces retook Ramadi.

Guinea is to be declared free of Ebola by the World Health Organization (WHO), two years after the epidemic began there.

Meadowlark Lemon, the US basketball player known as the clown prince of the Harlem Globetrotters, dies at 83.

Two people are arrested on suspicion of murder after a man's body was found following a house fire in London on Christmas Day.

Belgian police have arrested two people suspected of planning attacks in Brussels on New Year's Eve, prosecutors say.

An 86-year-old man being questioned over the death of an 81-year-old woman who was shot at a care home is believed to be her husband.