A former Blackwater guard is sentenced to life in prison and three others to 30 years over the killing of 14 Iraqi civilians in 2007.

The US raises concerns with Russia after the Kremlin lifted a ban on supplying Iran with S-300 air defence missile systems.

A fluent 143 from Ian Bell helps England recover from 34-3 to reach 341-5 in the first Test against West Indies in Antigua.

A Conservative government would extend the right-to-buy scheme to housing association tenants in England, David Cameron is to say, as he unveils his party's general election manifesto.

The Green Party launches its general election manifesto with a call to "take back" the NHS and a proposed 60% rate of income tax.

Ronnie Carroll, a former UK Eurovision contestant who was due to stand in the 2015 general election, has died at the age of 80.

An Alaska Airlines plane returns to Seattle after a trapped baggage handler is heard banging from inside the cargo hold.

Grocers are experiencing a "slow but steady" recovery as new figures show a sharp rise in retail sales last month.