A man and a woman are charged with murdering a 15-year-old boy found dead in a bath in a flat in east London.

Airports reopen in the north-eastern US after massive blizzards caused nearly 7,000 flights to be cancelled over the busy Christmas travel period.

Kenyan PM Odinga is to lead the AU's efforts to resolve Ivory Coast's political crisis, as pressure mounts on President Laurent Gbagbo to quit.

The UK's justice system will take a "backward step" if the government closes its Forensic Science Service, experts warn.

Sir Elton John and his partner David Furnish become parents to a son born on Christmas Day via a surrogate mother in California.

Exasperated air passengers stranded after freezing rain disrupted flights have staged protests at at least one Moscow airport, media reports say.

The Basel Committee of the world's financial regulators reveals plans for banks to disclose their bonuses.

The government confirms it hopes to put into place a commitment to allow popular online petitions to be debated in Parliament within a year.