The crime of "insulting" someone through words or behaviour is to be dropped, in a move welcomed as a victory for free speech by campaigners.

The UN Security Council backs France's intervention against Islamists in Mali, as thousands of African troops are expected to join the operation.

US banking regulators order JP Morgan Chase to implement stricter risk controls, after it lost billions in bets made by a trader known as the London Whale.

At least 19 people are killed and another 103 wounded after a train carrying army recruits derailed near Egypt's capital Cairo, officials say.

Women in England and Wales with a strong family history of breast cancer could be offered preventative medication on the NHS for the first time.

UK drugs policy needs a stronger health focus as criminalisation is deterring users from seeking help, say doctors.

A surge in research into the novel material graphene reveals an intensifying global contest to lead a potential industrial revolution.

A British man killed in Kenya on Saturday was a special constable with the Metropolitan Police, the force says.