New strains of the parasite that causes malaria are developing a resistance to the drug most widely used against the disease.

The FBI removes evidence including DNA samples from the home where the widow of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been living.

The newly uncovered piece of aircraft wreckage believed to come from a jet flown in the 9/11 attacks is identified as a wing segment, police say.

Police in Lancashire are searching for a mystery marsupial after people reported seeing one near Garstang.

Police in England and Wales dealt with more than 10,000 offences of serious violence without prosecutions or cautions last year, a freedom of information request finds.

Oil giant BP reports a fall in underlying profits for the first three months of the year, but the figure still beat analysts' expectations.

Officers investigating the murder of Stephen Lawrence say two "significant" leads have emerged after a fresh appeal on the BBC's Crimewatch.

Spain's economy shrank for a seventh consecutive quarter between January and March as domestic demand slumped.