More than 100 people have been killed by the Syrian army in the village of Tremseh, opposition activists say.

Details of a multi-billion-pound scheme aimed at boosting High Street bank lending will be unveiled later by the Bank of England.

Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy says she is "hugely honoured" by being awarded the 2012 Pen Pinter Prize in memory of the playwright Harold Pinter.

Arms sales to authoritarian regimes should be reviewed to ensure equipment was not used to repress citizens, a report by MPs says.

Criminals could be dealt with in days or hours under government proposals for "swift and sure justice" and flexible court hours in England and Wales.

Critically endangered spoon-billed sandpiper chicks hatch in the UK for the first time after eggs are imported from the Russian Far East.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet President Thein Sein at a business forum, after the easing of restrictions on US firms investing in Burma.

A series of additional temporay airspace restrictions around London and south-east England are set to be enforced as part of security for the Olympics.