Ex-cabinet minister Chris Huhne resigns as an MP after admitting he perverted the course of justice over claims his ex-wife took speeding points for him.

An Iraq war veteran charged with murdering an ex-US Navy Seal sniper is restrained in his cell after becoming aggressive, say officials.

An Iraq war veteran charged with murdering an ex-US Navy Seal sniper is restrained in his cell after becoming aggressive, say officials.

Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne is admitted to a treatment centre in the US.

Researchers in the Netherlands show an idea to produce high-quality rainfall maps works nationally, using nothing more than mobile phone mast signals works.

Researchers show that an idea to produce high-quality rainfall maps using nothing more than mobile phone mast signals works - across a whole country.

The Argentine government has ordered a two-month price freeze on all products in the country's main supermarket chains.

The Canadian penny is withdrawn from circulation as production costs exceed its monetary value, although it will remain legal tender.

The Canadian penny is withdrawn from circulation as production costs exceed its monetary value, although it will remain legal tender.

Malala Yousafzai, the schoolgirl who was shot and wounded by the Taliban in Pakistan after campaigning for womens' rights, says she has been given a 'second life'.

Banks will be broken up if they do not follow new rules to ring-fence risky investment operations from High Street operations, the chancellor has announced.

Banks will be broken up if they do not follow new rules to ring-fence risky investment operations from High Street operations, the chancellor has announced.

MEPs question the Commission over measures to eliminate gender-based violence.

Anger at new case of Egyptian police brutality

A rock which weighs about as much as an aircraft carrier is approaching Earth - but there is no danger of a direct strike.

Greece launches an inquiry into whether four suspected bank robbers were beaten in police custody, after their altered mug shots are released.

Greece launches an inquiry into whether four suspected bank robbers were beaten in police custody, after their altered mug shots are released.

Three-year-old Dylan Hall became an internet sensation in Thailand after his parents posted a video of him on YouTube reciting the Thai alphabet.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad volunteers to become the first person sent into space by his country's fledgling space programme.

The case of an IRA informer who said he was abandoned by MI5 is rejected by a tribunal which considers complaints against the security services.