Former Pakistan skipper Salman Butt has said he will continue playing cricket despite failing to have his ban overturned.

John Terry's double and a spectacular David Luiz strike help Chelsea beat Fulham to move above Arsenal in the table.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the West will pay a high price for what he describes as its support for al-Qaeda in his country's conflict.

Two sheep are found alive after they were trapped in heavy snow for more than three weeks by a spring blizzard in Northern Ireland.

A man is arrested in Mississippi after letters containing suspected ricin were sent to US President Barack Obama and a US senator.

Brighton council is to consider providing rooms where people can use illegal drugs safely without the fear of prosecution, in a bid to reduce deaths.

Scores of people are reported injured with others trapped after a huge explosion at a fertiliser plant near Waco in the US state of Texas.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells the BBC that Israel has a right to prevent weapons from falling into the wrong hands in Syria.