New strains of the parasite that causes malaria are developing a resistance to the drug most widely used against the disease.

The FBI removes evidence including DNA samples from the home where the widow of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been living.

The newly uncovered piece of aircraft wreckage believed to come from a jet flown in the 9/11 attacks is identified as a wing segment, police say.

Police in Lancashire are searching for a mystery marsupial after people reported seeing one near Garstang.

Oil giant BP reports a fall in underlying profits for the first three months of the year, but the figure still beat analysts' expectations.

Spain's economy shrank for a seventh consecutive quarter between January and March as domestic demand slumped.

An enormous hurricane at Saturn's northern reaches - with an eye 2,000km across - has been pictured by the Cassini spacecraft.

A councillor who helped to expose historical abuse at north Wales children's homes calls for a Royal Commission to examine the issue as dozens more complaints are made to police.