Hidden cameras capture the moment London Zoo's first tiger cub for 17 years was born.

Archaeologists working with London's Crossrail project uncover 20 skulls believed to be from the Roman period.

British geographer John Anthony Allan is one of three scientists to be awarded a Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Award.

Russia charges seven Greenpeace activists, including a British videographer, with piracy over a protest on an Arctic oil rig, the group says.

Early Mars may have been wracked by giant explosive volcanoes that spewed billions upon billions of tonnes of rock and ash into the sky.

Attacks by hornets in northern China have killed 41 people and injured hundreds more since July, with recent hot weather seen as a possible cause.

Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina inaugurates the first of two new nuclear power plants north of Dhaka and insists that they will be safe.