Public sector workers stage strike in pensions dispute

Up to 400,000 public sector workers are expected to join a 24-hour UK-wide strike in a dispute with the government over proposed pension cha...

Pasok's Venizelos in third bid for Greece coalition

Pasok leader Evangelos Venizelos will make a third effort to form a coalition government in Greece amid political turmoil following Sunday...

Indonesia searchers find missing Russia jet wreckage

Indonesian officials say a helicopter has spotted what is thought to be wreckage of the Russian Sukhoi Superjet plane that disappeared on We...

London 2012: Olympic flame to be lit in Greece

The Olympic flame will be lit in a ceremony in Olympia, Greece, on Thursday ahead of the start of the torch relay and the London 2012 Games....

Syria unrest: Damascus hit by two deadly blasts

Two explosions have hit the Syrian capital, Damascus, with state TV saying dozens have been killed or wounded in "terrorist bombings...

Soca website attack: Norway arrests two youths

Two teenagers in Norway have been arrested in connection with a series of computer attacks. Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency...

Chen Guangcheng 'waiting for China passport'

Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has said he is just waiting for his passport to be issued, and intends to leave the country to study in the...

Russian passenger jet reported missing in Indonesia

A new Russian passenger jet carrying 50 people has gone missing on a demonstration flight in Indonesia, after taking off from Jakarta. The ...

Anders Breivik showed 'joy' at Norway massacre scene

Anders Behring Breivik produced "cries of joy" during the massacre he carried out on the Norwegian island of Utoeya last July, in ...

Greece's Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras ends coalition bid

The leader of Greece's far-left Syriza bloc, Alexis Tsipras, has abandoned his efforts to form a governing coalition. Mr Tsipras sai...

US blacklists sons of Mexico drug lord Joaquin Guzman

The US treasury department has put two sons of Mexico's most wanted man Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman on its drugs kingpin blackli...

Syria blast near UN convoy going to Deraa

An explosion has hit a Syrian military truck escorting a convoy of UN observers near the city of Deraa, just seconds after UN staff had pass...

Japan to take control of Tepco in return for bailout

The Japanese government will take a controlling stake in Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) in return for a one trillion yen ($12.5bn; £7.8bn) tax...

Queen's Speech: Lords reform and parental leave top coalition plans

The Queen has set out the government's plans for the year ahead in a speech to both Houses of Parliament. They include legislation t...

Time out on technology

We live in a world where our default state is to be permanently connected. It is up to us to make sure that it doesn’t consume us, says colu...

Telefonica unveils data-based communication app Tu Me

Telefonica is launching an app that allows smartphone users to make calls and send messages without using up their quota of call minutes or ...

John Travolta faces more masseur abuse claims

John Travolta faces fresh allegations of sexual assault after a second male masseur joined the $2 million (£1.23m) legal action against him....

Mark Rothko work sold for record $86.9m at auction

Mark Rothko's Orange, red, yellow has been sold for $86.9 million (£53.8m) - the highest price ever fetched by a piece of contemporary a...

Yulia Tymoshenko 'transferred to Ukraine hospital'

Jailed Ukraine opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko has arrived at a hospital in Kharkiv to be treated for back pain by a German doctor, repor...

Al-Qaeda underwear bomber 'was double agent'

Reports from the US say the would-be suicide attacker in a foiled "underwear bomb" plot was in fact a double agent. US officials ...

Google gets Nevada driving licence for self-drive car

Driverless cars will soon be a reality on the roads of Nevada after the state approved America's first self-driven vehicle licence. ...

Wild Things author Maurice Sendak dies at 83

Maurice Sendak, the US author of the best-selling children's book Where the Wild Things Are, has died aged 83. His long-time editor, Mi...

Rochdale grooming trial: Nine found guilty of child sex charges

Nine men have been convicted of being part of a child sexual exploitation ring in Greater Manchester. The men, from Rochdale and Oldham, ...

Libya PM office attacked by gunmen in Tripoli

Former Libyan rebels have launched an attack on the prime minister's office in the capital Tripoli, leaving at least one guard dead, off...

Greek election: Syriza 'to tear up EU austerity deal'

The leader of Greece's left-wing Syriza bloc has said he will try to form a coalition based on tearing up the terms of the EU/IMF bailou...

Clinton presses Pakistan to do more on militancy

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called on Pakistan to do more to crack down on militancy, as she ends a two-day trip to neighbouri...

Tymoshenko case: Ukraine postpones European summit

Ukraine has postponed a summit of Central and East European leaders planned for this week after several of them said they would boycott it. ...

Mexico TV debate team sorry for skimpy dress 'mistake'

The organisers of Sunday's televised presidential debate in Mexico have apologised because of the revealing dress worn by one of the pro...

World Cup venues will be ready, Brazil tells Fifa

Fifa, football's world governing body, has no reason to worry about preparations for the 2014 World Cup, Brazilian Sports Minister Aldo ...

US 'foils new underwear bomb plot' by al-Qaeda in Yemen

The US has foiled a plot by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula to detonate an upgraded version of the failed 2009 "underwear bomb",...

Colombian 'drug lord' Javier Calle Serna surrenders

Police in Colombia say an alleged drugs lord on the country's most wanted list has turned himself in. Javier Antonio Calle Serna, bette...

Curry's ability to fight cancer put to the test

A chemical found in curry is to be tested for its ability to kill bowel cancer tumours in patients. Curcumin, which is found in the spice t...