Urgent changes must be made to the way A&E units are run - or the system could collapse, doctors and managers say.

Brazil's judiciary rules that marriage licenses cannot be denied to same-sex couples, as Congress debates full legalisation of gay marriage.

Criminals who kill police officers will face minimum whole life sentences, the home secretary will tell the Police Federation conference.

The European Union will pledge 520m euros (£442m; $673m) to help rebuild Mali at a conference of international donors in Brussels on Wednesday.

Almost one in three first year students at UK universities say their courses are not good value, a study suggests.

Japan's Nikkei climbs past 15,000 for the first time since January 2008 as the yen's continued decline is seen boosting earnings potential for Japanese exporters

More transparency is needed in how natural resources are managed, a report says, as mismanagement and corruption often stops the wealth generated getting to citizens.

Walmart, the world's largest retailer, will conduct its own safety inspections at its Bangladesh factories following a deadly building collapse.