The UK's highest court is to be asked to rule on whether midwives have a right to refuse to take any part in abortion procedures on moral grounds.

South Korean judges are set to give verdicts in the trial of the crew of a ferry that sank, killing 300, with the captain facing a death sentence.

UK police officers are to return from Thailand after reviewing an investigation into the murders of two British tourists, Scotland Yard says.

Questions are being asked about what impact a flagship government scheme to improve the care of vulnerable patients in England will have.

A group of Italian scientists convicted of manslaughter for failing to predict a deadly earthquake in 2009 have had the verdict quashed.

The UK is not seeking another Cold War with Russia, but Britain must stand up for its values, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

A report into how the Home Office, police and prosecutors dealt with claims of organised child abuse in the 1970s, 80s and 90s is being published.

Eight women die after botched sterilisation surgery at a government-run health camp in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh.