Owners of holiday homes and rented property could be drawn into paying an extended £2m mansion tax under plans being considered by the Lib Dems.

At least six foreign workers have been kidnapped by gunmen in northern Nigeria, in the biggest such incident in recent years.

Dozens of masked attackers raid a gold mine in the Halkidiki region in northern Greece, setting fire to machinery and vehicles, police say.

A new oil field has been discovered in the North Sea by the Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA).

The government's proposed change to housing benefit rules, dubbed the "bedroom tax", is "perverse", shadow minister Stephen Timms says.

Germany demands explanations from the online retailer Amazon after a documentary showed workers being harassed by security guards.

Facebook reveals it was the target of a "sophisticated attack" by hackers last month, but says it does not believe any user data was compromised.

Councils looking for cheap food contracts are to blame for driving down meat quality, the boss of Iceland says, amid the continuing horsemeat scandal.