Syria is in civil war, warns the UN's head of peacekeeping, as the US accuses Russia of supplying the Syrian government with attack helicopters.

The Irish government pardons more than 4,500 former soldiers who deserted the Defence Forces during World War II to fight with the Allied Forces.

New technology to enable people to withdraw money from cash machines using their smartphone has been unveiled.

The number of people attending A&E units with sports injuries has jumped by 15% a year, official figures show.

Henry Hill, a former mobster-turned-FBI informant whose life became the basis for Martin Scorsese's 1990 movie Goodfellas, dies in Los Angeles aged 69.

Lifestyle advice given to boost male fertility may be futile and delays other options, according to researchers in the UK.

Developing nations should brace themselves for weak growth and "tougher times", the World Bank warns.

Ex-News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks is due in court accused of three charges of conspiring to pervert the course of justice.