Israeli authorities have freed a group of 26 Palestinian prisoners as part of a US-brokered agreement to resume direct peace talks.

The family of German Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher is at his bedside as he fights for life after a skiing accident in the French Alps.

Nick Clegg uses his new year's message to tell voters the Liberal Democrats are "Britain's party of in" when it comes to the European Union.

Talks aimed at resolving some of the most divisive issues hampering the Northern Ireland peace process break up without agreement.

Former England captain Alec Stewart says Michael Carberry has lost freedom in his batting which could cost him his place

Anti-government rebels in South Sudan attack the key town of Bor, after Uganda threatened to fight them if a Tuesday ceasefire deadline was not met.

A man who was airlifted from his flooded farm, along with his four children, speaks about their ordeal.

Antony Jenkins, chief executive of Barclays, says he expects it to take five to 10 years to restore the public's trust in the bank, as the Archbishop of Canterbury says it'll take a "generation."