British number one Elena Baltacha reaches round two of the US Open after American Jamie Hampton retires in dramatic circumstances.

Israel says it is training Jewish settlers in the West Bank to repel violent protest ahead of a Palestinian bid for statehood at the UN.

An 86-year-old US man who was impaled through the eye with pruning shears in a freak gardening accident should make a full recovery, doctors say.

It will take almost a century for women managers in the UK to be paid same as their male counterparts, a study says.

August has been the deadliest month for US troops in the nearly 10-year war in Afghanistan, according to an unofficial tally.

Scientists hope to harness coral's natural defence against the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays to make a sunscreen pill for humans.

The people of Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire are to mark the end of military repatriations through the town, after four years and a ceremony that has been seen around the world.

RAF crews supporting operations in Libya will be told on Thursday whether they are being made redundant, in the first cuts to armed forces jobs.