An American soldier accused of killing 16 Afghans acted alone, US officials say, insisting that it was an isolated incident.

Voters in Swiss referendums reject proposals for longer annual leave but agree to install "sex boxes" for prostitution in Zurich.

Shareholders are threatening to launch a multi-billion pound legal action against RBS and the bank's former boss, Fred Goodwin.

At least two civilians and two militants have been killed by Israeli air strikes on Gaza, medics say, as cross-border violence continues.

A fire in a giant tent at a construction site in the Turkish city of Istanbul kills at least 11 workers, officials say.

Pupils in England should have better access to their school nurses and be able to text them to make an appointment, the government says.

One of the government's commissioners examining whether a British Bill of Rights is needed has told BBC One's Sunday Politics show he is resigning.

As many as 47 civilians - many of them women and children - have been found tortured and killed in the embattled Syrian city of Homs, activists say.