Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond says the UK defence review has produced a template for the armed forces in an independent Scotland.

One of the internet's largest file-sharing sites is offline after US officials charged its founders with violating piracy laws.

Two babies have died at the Royal's Maternity Neonatal Unit in Belfast after an outbreak of an infection called Pseudomonas.

A health trust which part-closed an A&E department because of a doctor shortage is considering using Army medics in a bid to reopen the unit fully.

The speaker of the Palestinian assembly, who is a member of the Hamas militant group, has been arrested at an Israeli checkpoint in the West Bank.

Google reports a 27% increase in revenue, but even that is not good enough to meet Wall Street estimates, sending shares tumbling.