One of the Pope's staunchest critics says he is to be demoted from his senior posting, amid the Vatican Synod on reforms to Church teaching.

A meeting of Catholic bishops votes down proposals backed by Pope Francis calling for greater openness towards gay people and remarried divorcees.

British police officers are to travel to Thailand to help investigate the murders of David Miller and Hannah Witheridge.

Labour will pledge that by 2020 no-one in England need wait more than a week for cancer tests and results if it is in power.

Poor communication and incompetent staff meant the World Health Organization failed to react swiftly Ebola outbreak in Africa, reports say.

Relatives of two Britons killed by Islamic State release a joint letter calling for "acts of unity" to help defeat the "hateful" militants.

The Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff says she is in good health after a bout of dizziness at the end of a TV debate with her opponent Aecio Neves.

A multi-million pound divorce between a wealthy Malaysian couple can be heard in an English court, a judge rules.