Asian markets start the week lower due to big fall in oil prices after producers fail to agree on production cut at Qatar meeting.

Nearly 250,000 people are told to leave their homes amid fears of further tremors, an aid agency says, after two powerful quakes hit Japan in two days.

A meeting of the world's leading oil producers to discuss capping output and reverse tumbling prices ends without agreement.

More than a third of people with Parkinson's disease feel the need to hide their symptoms or lie about having the condition, a survey by Parkinson's UK suggests.

At least 16 people have been injured, two of them seriously, by an explosion on a bus in Jerusalem, Israeli medics say.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry will host a dinner for US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama on Friday, Kensington Palace says.

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff will fight until the end against an impeachment process against her, the country's attorney general has said.

Harsh and inconsistent marking is putting pupils in England off studying languages beyond the age of 14, a report says.