There will be 2,000 fewer NHS nurses in England over the next four years according to projections, Labour says, but the Conservatives say the figures are old.

A family of six who have been reported missing may be travelling to a part of Syria controlled by Islamic State militants, police say.

President Jacob Zuma visits migrant workers who have fled xenophobic attacks, saying the violence goes against South African values and must end.

The Shroud of Turin, which some believe to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ, returns to public display after a break of five years.

Former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson reveals doctors told him a lump on his tongue was "probably cancer" two days before he hit a BBC producer.

For the first time in Cuba, at least two government opponents will be standing on Sunday in municipal elections in Havana.

Hundreds of people are feared to have drowned after a boat carrying up to 700 migrants capsizes in the Mediterranean Sea, the Italian coastguard says.

A man police want to question over the deaths of his mother and sister in Merseyside could be in London, detectives say.