The US drug regulator has withdrawn approval for a popular breast cancer treatment, saying Avastin is not effective enough to justify the risks of taking it.

British Foreign Secretary William Hague is to meet Syrian rebel leaders in London on Monday, the Foreign Office says.

The Attorney General is seeking leave to bring contempt proceedings against Sky News over the kidnap of British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler.

Women might dream of tall, dark and handsome, but researchers are claiming that it is men of "average" height that are having the most children.

Tim Gudgin, the well-known voice behind the BBC TV football results, is hanging up his microphone for the final time.

A male nurse is charged with murder following a fire at a Sydney nursing home that killed five elderly residents, Australian officials say.

Violence continues in Syria as a three-day deadline set by the Arab League approaches for the government to stop its crackdown.

Cricketer Basil D'Oliveira, whose selection for England in 1968 led to South Africa's sporting isolation, has died at the age of 80 it is announced.