Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says his side will struggle to claim a top-four Premier League spot after losing 2-1 at rivals Tottenham.

Kim Jong-un wants US President Barack Obama to call him, and doesn't want war, according to former basketball star Dennis Rodman.

Hundreds of Venezuelan students and opposition members march in Caracas demanding more details about President Hugo Chavez's health.

An explosion near a mosque in a Shia area of the Pakistani city of Karachi has killed at least 45 people and injured dozens more, police say.

The veteran adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes says there is no reason for him to stop going on further expeditions.

The suspected onset of diabetes may have been behind the frostbite that forced explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes to pull out of an Antarctica expedition, he tells the BBC in his first interview since leaving the icy continent.

Gareth Bale and Aaron Lennon score as Tottenham win a pulsating north London derby 2-1 to move seven points ahead of Arsenal.

Azzah Fahmy, one of Egypt's best-known jewellery designers, has gained international acclaim with her products inspired by Middle Eastern history and culture.

The Queen is in hospital as a precaution, while she is assessed for symptoms of gastroenteritis, Buckingham Palace says.

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg sets the fastest time of the winter on the final day of the final pre-season test.

People caught up in clashes in Bangladesh recount feelings

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UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage has dismissed suggestions voters in the Eastleigh by-election backed UKIP as a "protest vote", saying the party offers "policy solutions".

Swiss voters overwhelmingly back proposals to impose some of the world's strictest controls on executive pay, final referendum results show.

Britain cannot rule out providing arms to the Syrian opposition in the future, the foreign secretary says, after President Bashar al-Assad accuses the UK of bullying and naivety.

A retired police inspector and his partner are found shot dead at a house in Devizes, Wiltshire.

A year after the French photographer Remi Ochlik was killed in Syria, his partner Emilie Blachere has written a love letter to him.

Nigeria's military says it killed 20 fighters from Islamist group Boko Haram, who attacked army barracks in the north-east.

Former President Hosni Mubarak will face retrial on 13 April over the deaths of protesters, Egypt's appeals court has decided, state media say.

New plans to protect elephants, rhinos and other species will be discussed at a major conservation conference in Bangkok on Sunday.