An Arab League deadline passes for Syria to allow in observers or face sanctions, as new evidence emerges of protests turning into an armed insurgency.

AT&T and Deutsche Telekom cast doubt over the $39bn sale of T-Mobile USA by withdrawing their application to the industry regulator.

Iran says it has arrested 12 agents of the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) who were targeting its military and nuclear programme.

Three directors stand down at scandal-hit Olympus ahead of a key Tokyo board meeting that will be attended by the firm's former chief executive.

Scientists have used brain scans to shed more light on how the brain deals with the memory of unpleasant or traumatic events during sleep.

Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says police have thwarted an assassination plot against her.

The government says it is to spend £1bn on creating 400,000 work and training placements in Britain to help tackle record youth unemployment.

Worries about being ignored by unfriendly parents are more likely to put off deprived parents from playgroups than cost or location.