One of the five British hostages seized in Baghdad last year has killed himself, according to a video statement from his kidnappers.

The latest victim of London's knife savagery was the father of a newborn baby who was in the capital to help decorate his mother's home.

Gordon Brown has arrived in Israel for a two-day visit focused on the Middle East peace process.

Britain can no longer trust US claims that it does not use torture, a report by MPs has warned.

Motorists in Beijing can only drive every other day as the city battles to clean up air quality for the Olympics.

A Welsh town is trying to overturn a 30-year ban on showing controversial Monty Python film The Life Of Brian.

A pilot has been praised for his bravery after the mid-air rescue of an Army parachutist whose lines became tangled in the undercarriage of his plane.

The US warned Tehran that it must choose between co-operation and confrontation and give up sensitive nuclear work after high-level talks in Geneva made little progress.

A 16-year-old British schoolgirl has fallen over 30 feet from her hotel balcony in Italy.

US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has visited Afghanistan on the first leg of an overseas trip aimed at proving his foreign policy credentials.