Scientists are researching technology they hope will allow locusts to detect explosives using their sense of smell.

A Turkish ship carrying humanitarian aid for Gaza arrives in an Israeli port for the first time since a flotilla clash that left 10 Turkish activists dead and soured Israeli-Turkish relations.

A law firm is taking action to ensure the formal process for the UK leaving the EU is not triggered without an act of Parliament.

A suspected suicide bomber dies after being tackled by police near the US consulate in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah, local reports say.

The Australian dollar weakens after the country's election over the weekend was too close to call, raising the prospect of a hung parliament.

The father of a toddler killed by an alligator at Disney World in Florida in June is reported to have said that two animals were involved.

A vessel looking for the bodies of victims of the Egypt Air plane that crashed in the Mediterranean in May has found most remains, investigators say.

The number of people killed in Sunday's suicide bomb attack in Baghdad rises to 165, as the Iraqi government promises to improve security.