A Russian jet fighter intercepted a US Air Force plane in an "unsafe and unprofessional manner" over the Baltic Sea, the Pentagon says.

The two largest parties in the Republic of Ireland reach agreement on the shape of a future government.

UK consumers using their mobile phones in Europe will see cheaper bills from Saturday, as a further cap on roaming charges takes effect.

Increasing symptoms of depression in older age could indicate early signs of dementia, say scientists.

A head teachers' leader expresses doubts about government plans to force all schools in England to become academies.

Hundreds of protesters broke through barricades and threw eggs at police outside a California hotel, delaying a speech by Republican Party front-runner Donald Trump.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is to hold an independent inquiry into anti-Semitism, in the wake of the row that has seen a Labour MP and Ken Livingstone suspended.

A partial truce known as a "regime of calm" comes into effect in most parts of Syria apart from in the divided second city of Aleppo.