Pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine tell a Russian news agency they seized four missing international monitors and may free them soon.

The husband of a Pakistani woman stoned to death in broad daylight outside a Lahore court says police did nothing to stop the attack.

Lasers have been used to regenerate parts of damaged teeth and could one day be used to prevent root canal treatments, claim US researchers.

The Church of England is attempting to give people in debt an alternative to using pay-day lenders by promoting credit unions.

A US Chamber of Commerce delegation is visiting in Cuba for the first time since 1999 in order to "assess the economic changes" on the communist-run island.

The UK Treasury says the European Commission should not be asking for "yet more money" from EU member states.

Tesco has finalised its joint venture with China Resources Enterprise (CRE) creating the largest food retailer in China.

The British Council Film Collection, showing snapshots of typical life in Britain in the 1930s and 1940s, loads a final series of movies into its online archive.