Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott urges an end to disunity after surviving a party confidence vote on his leadership.

Labour would double paid paternity leave for new fathers to four weeks and increase rates to £260 a week, Ed Miliband says.

Ivory Coast win the Africa Cup of Nations with a dramatic 9-8 penalty shootout victory against Ghana in the final.

Social media users who spread racial hatred could be banned from Twitter and Facebook, MPs suggest in a report on anti-Semitism in the UK.

Some 160,000 UK care workers are being paid less than the national minimum wage of £6.50 an hour, a study suggests.

The ruling French Socialist party narrowly beats the far-right National Front at a by-election seen as a test of President Hollande's popularity.

A survey by the employers' group Forum of Private Business reveals a lack of trust in big firms and says the government should prioritise business ethics.