From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 4:30 PM

A suicide bomber has killed four people at a memorial service in Kandahar for the assassinated half-brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.Officials say the bomber apparently hid explosives in his turban and detonated them near the entrance of the mosque.President Karzai was not present at the ...

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 4:30 PM

News Corporation’s Rupert and James Murdoch have agreed to appear before MPs to answer questions on the phone-hacking scandal on Tuesday.The Commons media committee had issued summons after the men initially declined to appear next week.News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks has also a...

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 4:30 PM

Mother-of-four Helen Cowie, from Cardonald, tells BBC Scotland’s Call Kaye programme how she took her 33-year-old paralysed son, Robert, to the Swiss Dignitas clinic to die.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 3:24 PM

Human rights groups say at least 1,400 civilians and 350 security personnel have died in Syria since protests against President Assad began in March.Foreign journalists are unable to travel and report freely inside the country, but Ian Pannell secretly crossed the border near the Turkish village...

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 2:19 PM

Official figures suggests that a million more households are living in fuel poverty.Fuel poverty is defined as someone who has to spend more than 10 per cent of their income on gas and electricity. Speaking to BBC News, Zele Nguadi says he 'worries every day' about his bills.Forecasts ...

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 1:53 PM

Two pilots have been cleared of negligence 17 years after 29 people died in a military helicopter crash on the Mull of Kintyre.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 1:13 PM

Rupert Murdoch’s media empire was born in his native Australia. At the last count, in 2006, his company there News Limited controlled 68 per cent of the newspaper market owning eight of the 12 city newspapers as well as several television interests.It has reacted with fury at attempts to link it...

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 1:06 PM

A Scottish surgeon has come up with a surgical technique which could mean the end of patients wearing a plaster cast for certain kinds of injuries.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 12:00 PM

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks about the phone-hacking scandal and his relationship with News International during his time in power.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 11:01 AM

The ratings agency Moody’s has raised the stakes as the US approaches its debt limit.The firm has put the world's biggest economy on review for a credit score downgrade if American politicians continue their standoff and fail to raise the $14.3 trillion borrowing cap.Other agencies have warn...

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 10:53 AM

The departure of President Mubarak in Egypt has left demonstrators largely unsatisfied.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 9:47 AM

Burglaries at homes in England and Wales increased by 14% in 2010-11 compared with the previous year, the British Crime Survey (BCS) suggests.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 9:47 AM

News Corporation’s Rupert and James Murdoch have been summonsed to appear before MPs to answer questions on the phone-hacking scandal on 19 July.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 8:48 AM

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 8:41 AM

Footage has been released of the Sicilian volcano Mount Etna spewing lava and ash on Wednesday.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 7:35 AM

A painting found hanging on the wall of an Oxford university hall could be Michelangelo’s missing Crucifixion with the Madonna, St John and Two Mourning Angels.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 7:34 AM

Model and actress Christie Brinkley on how she made her Broadway debut.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 6:35 AM

Mumbai and other Indian cities have woken up to a state of high alert after three blasts shook the commercial capital, killing 18 and hurting dozens.No group has said it carried out the attacks, which took place in three districts during evening rush hour.The attacks are the deadliest in Mumbai ...

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 6:35 AM

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 6:30 AM

The Children’s Commissioner for Wales says support for vulnerable children is inconsistent.