Foreign police chiefs will be able to run forces in England and Wales and new starters will be able to join at senior levels, in a planned recruitment overhaul.

After a year in which it lost its grip on the business smartphone market, Blackberry seeks to bounce back with the BB10

Spain's economic downturn worsened in the last three months of 2012, official data indicates, while across the eurozone retail sales continued to fall.

The Bolshoi Ballet's leading soloist, Svetlana Lunkina, reveals she has relocated to Canada amid claims of threats to her husband.

Why violence could revisit Suez at any time

Top international cricketers have signed up for the Pakistan Super League despite security concerns, says Haroon Lorgat.

Tesco blames supplier Silvercrest for using meat that was not from "approved suppliers", after horse DNA was found in the supermarket chain's value burgers.

The number of people living in England and Wales who could not speak any English was 138,000, latest figures from the 2011 census show.

Releasing prisoners back into one of Europe's safest cities

Hillary Clinton will soon step down as US Secretary of State, but what has changed during her time in office and what legacy does she leave behind?

South Korea says its third attempt at putting a satellite into space has been a success, weeks after a similar move by North Korea.

Japan's top female judo wrestlers were subjected to violence by their coach, officials have admitted, after 15 athletes made a joint complaint.

Too many genuine refugees are becoming destitute because of administrative delays in helping them to settle in the UK, a cross-party inquiry finds.

Author Hilary Mantel wins the Costa Book of the Year award for her Booker Prize-winning novel Bring Up the Bodies.

A US judge rejects Apple's demand to increase the damages from Samsung's patent infringement to more than the $1.05bn awarded.

A nine-year-old boy is threatened with an axe by a gang also armed with slegdehammers, who burst into a family home in Birmingham.

How much do you pay for fuel, compared to other countries?

Some antidepressant drugs known as SSRIs pose a very small but serious heart risk, say researchers.

Japan's two top airlines say they replaced a number of batteries in the 787 Dreamliners over the past months.

As the civil war in Syria continues, home-made weapons are a key tool in the Free Syrian Army's campaign to try and oust President Bashar al-Assad.