A host of investments are being launched targeting the world's fastest growing economies - the so-called Civets.

Former MP Ann Widdecombe renews her complaint that she was "deliberately" snubbed by Prime Minister David Cameron for a peerage.

Four stringed instruments made from a tree at Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's childhood Edinburgh home are to be played in public for the first time.

A legendary New York Times reporter who chronicled the assassination of John F Kennedy dies at his home in Vermont at the of 85

The mayor of Los Angeles gives Occupy protesters outside City Hall until midday on Monday to pack up their camp, and asks for their co-operation.

The government is to spend an extra £600m on building 100 new free schools in England over the the next three years.

Pakistani officials accuse Nato helicopters of firing on a military checkpoint near Pakistan's Afghan border, killing at least 14 soldiers.

Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson is expected to reiterate his support for the development of a shared education system during his keynote speech at the DUP conference.