Cardinal Keith O'Brien, formerly Britain's most senior Roman Catholic cleric, is expected to face a Vatican inquiry after admitting sexual misconduct.

International engine builders Rolls-Royce paid no corporation tax in the UK in 2012, its annual report reveals.

Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho says "the world will stop to watch" Tuesday's Champions League clash with Manchester United.

Jose Mourinho says "the world will stop to watch" Real Madrid's Champions League clash with Manchester United.

Four live mortar bombs were intercepted by police in Northern Ireland minutes before being launched, a senior detective says.

Four live mortar bombs were intercepted by police in Northern Ireland minutes before being launched, a senior detective says.

Two senior nurses at Stafford Hospital changed waiting time figures and ill-treated patients, a disciplinary hearing is told.

A public inquiry into claims that British soldiers mistreated and murdered Iraqi detainees in 2004 is shown graphic photos of alleged victims of torture.

A baby girl in the US born with HIV appears to have been cured after very early treatment with standard drug therapy, doctors say.

At least 40 Syrian soldiers and Iraqis have been killed by gunmen in western Iraq, officials in Baghdad say.

Sixty years on, Stalin revered by some in home country

Dutch police arrest a Romanian woman over her alleged role in a major art theft, in which masterpieces disappeared from a Rotterdam museum.

A Moscow judge rules that the trial of the dead lawyer Sergei Magnitsky should go ahead next week, despite last-minute efforts to stop it.

The Plosky Tolbachik volcano in East Russia, is one of 29 on the Kamchatka peninsula, and has been erupting since last November.

HSBC reveals it paid $4.2bn to cover money laundering fines and the cost of product mis-selling in 2012, as the chief executive's pay rose to $7m.

The number of loans being offered by banks has continued to fall, prompting the business secretary to say its Funding for Lending scheme may need to be improved.

Lawmakers narrowly vote to charge outgoing Czech President Vaclav Klaus with treason over a controversial New Year amnesty.

Lawmakers narrowly vote to charge outgoing Czech President Vaclav Klaus with treason over a controversial New Year amnesty.

A man dressed as Batman surprises police in Bradford by handing over a wanted man in the early hours of the morning.

The Queen returns to Buckingham Palace after being assessed in hospital for symptoms of gastroenteritis, but will not carry out any engagements this week.