Iran welcomes the US vice-president's offer of bilateral nuclear talks, but wants the US to show "a fair and real intention to resolve the issue".

It would be a "huge problem" for the UK if people vote to leave the European Union, former Prime Minister Tony Blair has warned.

It would be a "huge problem" for the UK if people vote to leave the European Union, former Prime Minister Tony Blair has warned.

Ben Affleck has won the top film honour from the Directors Guild of America for his Iran hostage drama Argo.

Ben Affleck has won the top film honour from the Directors Guild of America for his Iran hostage drama Argo.

Charlotte Edwards scores 109 and Katherine Brunt takes four wickets as England beat India by 32 runs in the World Cup.

Former US Vice President Al Gore says politics is too subservient to industry to represent the public.

David Cameron's promise of a referendum on the UK's future membership of the European Union could create problems, Tony Blair has warned.

David Cameron's promise of a referendum on the UK's future membership of the European Union could create problems, Tony Blair has warned.

At least 16 people are killed as a police headquarters in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk is attacked by a suicide bomber and gunmen, medical sources say.

Twelve people were injured after a powerful earthquake shook northern Japan, on Saturday night.

Experts claim changes in wind direction could kill many more seabirds that have come into contact with an oily substance.

Paul Gascoigne's agent Terry Baker has told the Stephen Nolan programme on 5 live that the former footballer needs to "get help immediately".

A distribution company which supplied halal meat containing traces of pork DNA to prisons, suspends all products from the manufacturer.

Actor Sylvester Stallone has joined the US debate on gun violence, following a number of mass shootings there.

Actor Sylvester Stallone has joined the US debate on gun violence, following a number of mass shootings there.

Justice Secretary Chris Grayling says he smacked his own children when they were young and defends the right of parents to smack.

The Bolshoi Ballet's artistic director Sergei Filin tells the BBC he is "absolutely certain" he knows who is behind last month's acid attack on him.

The Bolshoi Ballet's artistic director Sergei Filin tells the BBC he is "absolutely certain" he knows who is behind last month's acid attack on him.

The inventor of the classic toy Etch A Sketch, former electrical technician Andre Cassagnes, dies in France at the age of 86.