The UK's Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) has urged countries to take urgent action on climate change, as UN talks enter their second week.

Financial firms are urged to cut the cost to people calling their customer service or complaints lines.

UK Foreign Secretary William Hague says he believes it is possible for the Sri Lankan government to establish a war crimes inquiry before March 2014.

Leaders of Commonwealth nations are to issue final statements at the end of a summit in Colombo overshadowed by a row over alleged human rights abuses.

A man repeatedly stabbed by burglars who broke into his Luton home was trying to protect his wife and daughter, police reveal.

Champion hurdler Hurricane Fly secures a world-record 17th Grade One win in Sunday's Morgiana Hurdle at Punchestown.

Libya's deputy intelligence chief Mustafa Nuhis kidnapped by unknown assailants, as people and shops in Tripoli observe a strike against militias.

A Boeing aircraft has crashed on landing at an airport in the Russian city of Kazan, killing at least 44 people, officials say.