A missionary from County Tyrone, who received an OBE in the New Year Honours List, has been shot and wounded in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Two junior members of the US ski team are killed in an avalanche near the forthcoming World Cup race venue in the Austrian Alps.

A&E waiting times in England have fallen to their worst level for a decade, figures out later are expected to show.

The Liberal Democrats would plug the NHS funding gap by ploughing the proceeds of economic growth into public services, the party says.

The number of first-time buyers in 2014 rose to its highest level in seven years, according to one of the UK's largest lenders, the Halifax.

Sony has publicly condemned the "vicious" cyber attack that led to it suspending the release of its film The Interview.

California's SpaceX company will take the unusual step of trying to land part of its Falcon rocket after it launches a cargo mission to the space station on Tuesday.

Former residents of a Birmingham children's home claim of being beaten, made to wash in toilet water and sleep on the floor.