The pontiff urges stronger action to protect the environment before a huge gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York.

Labour must respect policy dissent, shadow chancellor John McDonnell says as he pledges support for a fiscal charter proposed by George Osborne.

US President Barack Obama and the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, have said they will take new steps to address cybercrime.

The UK is to extend the use of the RAF's Sentinel surveillance aircraft in Iraq and Syria, the defence secretary announces.

England and Wales meet in a crucial World Cup match on Saturday with both knowing defeat will threaten their World Cup progress.

A group of US-trained Syrian rebels has handed over their vehicles and ammunition to fighters linked to al-Qaeda, the US military admits.

A hospital apologises after an RAF sergeant was moved away from other patients because staff said his uniform might cause offence.

Saudi Arabia's most senior cleric, the grand mufti, says Thursday's stampede that killed more than 700 people was "beyond human control".