Congressional leaders head to the White House on Friday to discuss how to avert a series of deep budget cuts, on the day they are due to take effect.

The Supreme Court hears an Alabama county's challenge to a landmark 1965 voting rights law.

The way cancer cells can make a completely chaotic mess of their genetic code in order to thrive has been explained by UK researchers.

Why Kenyans' homes are demolished in a battle for land

Clownfish boost oxygen flow around their anemone hosts at night, scientists find.

Readers recall their own and their children's experiences of napping in sub-zero temperatures.

Napping in a hutch and other tales of outdoor snoozing

Australia is known for its hard-drinking men and women, but something is changing, says Madeleine Morris. Pint of lemonade, mate?

Rescued birds washed up on the south coast covered in an oil additive are set to be released in Dorset.

A UK court blocks the deportation of Tamil asylum seekers due to have been sent back to Sri Lanka on Thursday, who argue they face torture at home.

Slovenia's parliament votes to oust Prime Minister Janez Jansa and his government over its handling of the country's economic crisis.

A look at Facebook's in-house 'propaganda wing'

The BBC has learned that European meat suppliers are using a loophole in the law to sell a banned low quality material to UK sausage makers.

The BBC has learned that European meat suppliers are using a loophole in the law to sell a banned low quality material to UK sausage makers.