Hundreds of nurses and midwives are expected to join a demonstration in London calling for a rethink of plans to scrap maintenance grants for students in England.

Some retired steelworkers could see their pensions "largely frozen" under possible changes to the scheme's rules, a former pensions minister warns.

Prosecutors seek to put pressure on Russia to give information about the downing of Flight MH17 in 2014, in which 298 people were killed.

The bodies of four missing US soldiers are recovered near Fort Hood army base, Texas, bringing the death toll from a flooding accident to nine.

Muhammad Ali was considered by many to be the greatest sportsman of the 20th Century and a vocal campaigner for civil rights.

Ex-footballer Paul Gascoigne is set to be charged with racial abuse over a comment allegedly made during a stage show in November.

A surfer is in a critical condition after losing a leg in a shark attack at a beach in Western Australia.

Spain's Garbine Muguruza beats world number one Serena Williams to win her first Grand Slam title at the French Open.