A specialist ship begins scanning the Indian Ocean seabed in the next phase of the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

US hostage Peter Kassig, who is being held by IS militants in Syria, told his parents in a letter in June that he was "scared to die", they reveal.

New cracks found in the core of the Hunterston-B nuclear reactor in Scotland could threaten operator EDF's plans to extend the lives of some power stations.

The Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine has been awarded to three scientists who discovered the brain's "GPS system".

Northumbria Police are reinvestigating 54 out of 153 cases where rape reports were subsequently classed as "no crime".

The US Supreme Court rejects appeals against gay marriage in five US states, increasing the number where it's legal to 30, in a move applauded by campaigners.

The family of a 69-year-old British man jailed for "homosexual acts" in Morocco say they they are "incredibly worried" about him.

Computer code that can turn almost any device that connects via USB into a cyber-attack platform has been shared online.