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.

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

More than half of nurses believe their NHS ward or unit is dangerously understaffed, according to a survey by the Nursing Times.

Police in Midland City in the US state of Alabama are spending a fifth day negotiating with a man accused of holding a young boy hostage in a bunker.

A portrait of Thailand's booze magnate and his global ambitions

The number of children being diagnosed with epilepsy has dropped dramatically in the UK over the past decade, figures show.

One of Hong Kong's most traditional winter dishes could be under threat, according to those who collect its key ingredient.

Islamist militants release two Filipino hostages, believed to have been kidnapped last June while working for Jordanian TV, in the southern Philippines.