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Greece bans planned teaching strike
Greece's coalition government has said it will use emergency powers to prevent teachers from disrupting university entrance exams as part of their planned strike this month.
OJ Simpson bidding for new trial
OJ Simpson is back in a Las Vegas courtroom to ask for a new trial in the armed robbery and kidnapping case that sent him to prison in 2008.
UN wants more insects on the menu
A United Nations food agency is pushing a new kind of diet for a hungry world. It ranks high in nutritional value and gets good grades for protecting the environment: edible insects.
Berlusconi 'should get six years'
Prosecutors have demanded six years in jail and a lifetime ban from public office for former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi in his sex-for-hire trial.
Astronaut's Bowie cover a web hit
An astronaut has said goodbye to life on the International Space Station by making a cover version of David Bowie's Space Oddity.
Sharif promises good ties with US
The man poised to become Pakistan's next prime minister says he has "good relations" with the United States, but called the CIA's drone campaign in the country's tribal region a challenge to national sovereignty.
Harry wins friends on US visit
Prince Harry has won over many Americans during his tour of the US, with humour, charm and a down to earth nature that has seen him game for anything.
Ohio missing women: Secret of how Ariel Castro got away with decade-long torment of victims
When the schoolgirl Gina DeJesus went missing in Cleveland, Ohio, in 2004, one family friend was particularly helpful.
Norway mass killer Anders Breivik fails in bid to start fascist group from prison cell
The Norwegian authorities have refused an application by the mass killer, Anders Breivik, to form a fascist organisation from his prison cell, saying he provided them with insufficient paperwork.
Carlos the Jackal repatriation bid
A lawyer representing the terrorist known as Carlos the Jackal has urged Venezuela to demand that France return him to his homeland.
Critics bug PM on £83,000 plane bed
Benjamin Netanyahu will seek alternate sleeping arrangements when travelling after receiving a sky-high bill for installing a customised bed on a flight to London, officials close to the Israeli leader said.
Bangladesh allows garment unions
Bangladesh has agreed to allow garment workers to form trade unions without permission from factory owners, the latest response to the building collapse that killed more than 1,100 people.
New Orleans: Nineteen wounded in shootings at Mother’s Day parade
Police in New Orleans were searching for at least two gunmen after at least 19 people, including two children, were wounded when shots were fired at a Mother’s Day parade
Boston Marathon bomb suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's burial 'legal'
The burial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev appears to be legal, police said, after he was secretly laid to rest in Virginia.
G8 summit has long-term benefits for Northern Ireland economy
Businesses in Northern Ireland believe next month's G8 summit in Fermanagh has potential to grow the economy in the long term as well as the immediate future.
'Sad' Mubarak gives first interview
In his first comments to the media since he was detained more than two years ago, Egypt's ousted leader Hosni Mubarak said he was dismayed at the country's state of affairs and particularly the plight of the poor.
Rios Montt backers in prison rally
At least 500 people have protested outside a Guatemala prison against the genocide conviction of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt.
UK to double aid to Syria rebels
Britain will double military support for Syrian rebels to help them withstand the "onslaught" from Bashar Assad's regime, David Cameron said.
Rescued women Ohio plead for privacy
Three women rescued from a house in Ohio a decade after they disappeared have said they are happy to be home and pleaded for privacy so they can heal and reconnect with their families.
Pharmaceutical giants used Communist East Germany for 'illegal' trials
Pharmaceutical companies paid millions of pounds to former Communist East Germany to use more that 50,000 patients in state-run hospitals as unwitting guinea pigs for drug tests in which several people died, it was revealed today.
Madeleine McCann: New suspects identified by UK police
North West 200: Live pictures plus race schedule
In Pictures: Balmoral Show
Nice-but-dull Kate's annoying baby bump pose
FHM's sexiest women - Kunis knocks Tulisa off her perch
Latest News
£6m cost of Olympic Torch relay
England's largest local councils spent more than £6 million hosting the Olympic Torch for last year's Games, figures published on the one-year anniversary of the start of the relay show.
Queen to get garden festival look
One hundred years of glorious gardens will be celebrated when the world's most famous flower show throws its doors open this week.
World hunger 'could be eradicated'
World hunger could be eradicated if the revenues that developing countries lose through tax dodging were available to them to invest in agricultural development, says a report from charity Christian Aid.
Latest Sport
Clichy signs new City deal
Gael Clichy has signed a new four-year deal at Manchester City.
Doyle downs hat-trick in Carlow success
Substitute Craig Doyle came off the bench to fire in a spectacular hat-trick as Carlow powered to a 4-17 to 2-13 victory over London in the Leinster SHC at Dr Cullen Park.
Jones to pay for damaging Whelan's car
Stoke striker Kenwyne Jones has apologised to team-mate Glenn Whelan after smashing his car windscreen in a mistaken act of retribution for a training-ground prank which went wrong.
Latest Showbiz
Wood: I couldn't punch a small lady
Victoria Wood had to have a scene written out of her new role because she was too nice to punch the other actress.
Knight: Wills will spot me on Holby
Jules Knight, Holby City's newest star, has said he is considering sending a box set of the show to old friends the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
Orla enjoying Poirot adventure
Orla Brady has revealed how filming the new series of Poirot was tricky as almost every character has a different accent.
