The Obama administration's troubled health insurance website registers barely 27,000 enrolments, as ruffled Democrats head to the White House.

A retired British man is facing trial in Uganda after images of him having sex with another man were published in a newspaper.

Sri Lanka warns UK Prime Minister David Cameron not to raise its human rights record as he is set to attend the country's Commonwealth summit.

More than one third of people in England and Wales do not know whether there is a police and crime commissioner in their area, a poll for the BBC suggests.

Councils in England uncovered 107,000 cases of fraud worth a total of £178m last year, a report by the public sector spending watchdog suggests.

Criminals should no longer get a second caution if they commit the same or a similar offence within a two-year period, new guidelines for police in England and Wales say.

Families in England - especially the west - are being warned to expect more wet and windy weather over the coming weeks and an increased risk of flooding.

Four US Marines have been killed in an accident while clearing unexploded ordnance at a base in Southern California, military officials say.