An Islamist leader is hanged in Bangladesh for crimes during the war of independence from Pakistan in 1971, as a crowd celebrates outside the jail.

Too many UK pupils are trying to learn in classrooms that are damaging their health and their education, say architects.

The Queen is overheard saying she understood Chinese government officials had been "very rude" during a state visit to the UK last year.

Detectives in Minnesota question a doctor who saw the singer Prince twice in the weeks before he died last month.

Heathrow Airport promises to reduce night flights and curb both noise and pollution if it is allowed to build a new, third runway.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff makes a last-ditch court appeal to block a vote on her impeachment as supporters and opponents rally.

A car bomb at a crowded Baghdad market has killed at least 64 people, officials say, in one of the worst recent attacks in the Iraqi capital.

The European Competition commission blocks Telefonica's sale of O2 to Three owner CK Hutchison.