The Archbishop of Glasgow, Philip Tartaglia, is put in temporary charge of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh.

Prince Harry makes a return trip to the southern African kingdom of Lesotho where he has long-standing personal charity interests.

The amount of alcohol consumed in England could be much higher than previously thought and more people are drinking to excess, a study suggests.

A US appeals court says conservation group Sea Shepherd are pirates, ordering them to stay away from Japan's whaling fleet.

Farmers' anger over the horsemeat scandal will be reflected at their national conference in Birmingham, union leaders say.

Some of China's most prominent scholars, journalists and activists release an open letter urging leaders to implement political reforms, for the second time in three months.

President Obama ramps up pressure on lawmakers over looming spending cuts, which officials cite as they release hundreds of illegal immigrants.

EU fisheries ministers agree at an all-night session to end the controversial practice of dumping unwanted fish - but with exemptions.