Police have said they believe the Real IRA was behind bomb attacks on the homes of a Catholic police officer and a retired doctor in County Londonderry.

A Libyan man who accuses Britain's MI6 of arranging to send him home to be tortured says he will give evidence at an inquiry in London.

The European Commission is to propose joint eurozone bonds to help solve the region's debt crisis, despite German opposition.

The publisher of Vogue magazine, Conde Nast, is to open a college of fashion and design in London.

Students at 67 leading UK universities could face disruption to courses from October, as lecturers vote for action over planned changes to their pensions.

A US federal report finds BP, Transocean and Halliburton, all responsible for the disaster at the Deepwater Horizon rig and the worst oil spill in US history.

The US space agency has unveiled its vision of the next-generation rocket that it will use to send astronauts further into space than ever before.

A man from Bristol who accidentally cut off his thumb has his big toe attached in its place.