Iranian imports have fallen by around 50% in just one year and it is though fresh US sanctions targeting Iran's currency will make trade with the country even harder.

Kevin Pietersen is expected to return on Friday after three months out injured - boosting England ahead of the Ashes.

Download festival fans at Donington Park

The US government says it searched for detailed data on fewer than 300 phone numbers among millions of records collected by the NSA in 2012.

The US government says it searched for detailed data on fewer than 300 phone numbers among millions of records collected by the NSA in 2012.

Action set to be taken at the G8 summit "will lead to a fairer tax system" and prevent companies avoiding paying their fair share, David Cameron says.

A 35-year-old man who went missing from Doncaster with a 14-year-old girl is charged with child abduction.

Cabbages are being hurled from large catapult-like machines in what is claimed to be the first sporting event of its kind.

Bloggers in China react with outrage to news of an assault on six Chinese students in France's wine-producing Bordeaux region.

Bloggers in China react with outrage to news of an assault on six Chinese students in France's wine-producing Bordeaux region.

A solar powered plane aiming to cross the US lands at Washington Dulles airport, completing the fourth leg of the coast-to-coast endeavour.

A solar powered plane aiming to cross the US lands at Washington Dulles airport, completing the fourth leg of the coast-to-coast endeavour.

Hassan Rouhani calls his election as Iran's president a "victory of moderation over extremism" as Western nations vow to work with him.

A Bahraini political activist is freed in the United Arab Emirates nearly two months after being arrested amid official silence.

Speaking from Ankara, academic Zeynep Goktas told BBC News that she believes the protesters' message is being lost because of the way the demonstrations are being carried out.

Protesters clash with Turkish police in a night of widespread unrest that erupted when riot officers ejected demonstrators from Istanbul's Gezi Park.

Protesters clash with Turkish police in a night of widespread unrest that erupted when riot officers ejected demonstrators from Istanbul's Gezi Park.

Primary school music teacher Vincent Sheehan, from north London, writes and records songs based on each Tube station on the Victoria Line.

A plane travelling from Cairo to New York that was diverted to an airport in Scotland following security fears is back in the air, police say.

Mourning is declared in the Pakistani city of Quetta after 25 people are killed by gunmen attacking female students and a hospital treating them.