Prime Minister David Cameron is to hold his first face-to-face talks with newly elected French President Francois Hollande at the G8 summit.

The King of Bahrain and Swaziland's King Mswati III are among controversial monarchs expected at a Windsor Castle lunch hosted by The Queen later.

Lai Changxing, extradited from Canada to China to face smuggling and bribery charges, is jailed for life in China, state media says.

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki arrives in Sudan to try to restart talks between Sudan and South Sudan after heavy fighting last month.

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A major search has been under way to find a fishing boat missing with a crew of three off the Dorset coast.

A Florida neighbourhood watch volunteer who shot an unarmed black teenager had a bloody nose and a cut on his head, according to police reports.

The music industry pays tribute to Donna Summer, famous for disco hits like I Feel Love and Love To Love You Baby, after she dies aged 63.

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Japan completes its first successful commercial launch of a foreign-made satellite early on Friday, marking its entry into the launch business.

A father whose son died from leukaemia has called for a new law requiring school and college students to be taught about donating blood, organs and stem cells.

Alan Johnson says he considered running for London mayor and hints that he could seek the job in 2016.

GCSE results could be overhauled with a cut in the number of grades suggests the exams regulator for England, Ofqual.

A father who lost his son to leukaemia is calling for schools and colleges to make a lesson on donating stem cells, blood and organs part of the curriculum.

Dieting in pregnancy is safe and does not carry risks for the baby, a review of research has suggested.

The US says it will impose import tariffs of about 30% on Chinese solar companies, saying China is flooding it with subsidised products.

The song Gary Barlow and Andrew Lloyd Webber have created for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations - featuring Prince Harry on tambourine - is to get its first airing on Radio 2 later.

Scotland is falling behind other parts of the world in its provision of care for victims of major trauma, according to a new report.

Facebook prices its shares at $38 each ahead of one of the most eagerly anticipated share flotations in recent stock market history.

Thieves steal a metal plaque erected in memory of two young boys killed by IRA bombs in the Cheshire town of Warrington.