Fierce debate as Irish reconsider abortion issue

Harvard University imposes academic sanctions on dozens of students for cheating in a final exam, a dean says in an email to students.

For many people around the world, American Football is difficult to understand. Franco Cuen, a young player explains the basics with lemons and tangerines

The Science Museum in London is holding a number of events which explore the science of consciousness through the example of a zombie outbreak.

School pupils in Timbuktu have returned to their studies, 10 months after the occupation by Islamist militants began.

Former Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli complains about life in England as AC Milan parade their new £19m signing.

The White House leads tributes to former New York City Mayor Ed Koch, who has died at the age of 88.

Hillary Clinton says the world is a safer place, in her farewell address to state department staff on her last day as America's top diplomat.

President Barack Obama's administration unveils an opt-out for religious groups that object to covering birth control in their staff health plans.

Tension rise in peace talks as Colombia's Farc rebels kill three policemen in an ambush near the Venezuelan border, according to the authorities.

Egyptian protesters clash with police outside Cairo's presidential palace, after the deadliest week of violence since Mohammed Morsi came to power.

The main US share index closes on Friday at a five-year high, buoyed by data showing the economy added more jobs than previously estimated at the end of 2012.

A Canadian navy intelligence officer who sold military secrets to Russia makes an emotional apology to his family at a sentencing hearing.

The pound weakens further against the euro, seeing its biggest one-day falls in almost three years, on continuing signs the eurozone economy is improving.

More than 150 nightclubs, restaurants and bars in Brazil are declared unsafe and closed by authorities, following a fire that killed 236 people.

Google agrees to set up a fund to help French media to solve a row with news sites that demanded payment for the search giant to display their links.

Africa Cup of Nations organisers say 43,000 tickets remain unsold for the two semi-finals, in Durban and Nelspruit.

Egyptian protesters have clashed with police outside the presidential palace in Cairo, after a week of violence in which more than 60 people were killed.

The substance found on hundreds of seabirds washed up on the south coast is a "mixture of refined mineral oils", the Environment Agency says.

A suicide bomber attacks an entrance of the US embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, killing a security guard, officials say.