A spending target for international aid must be kept in place despite the number of low-income countries falling, a Commons committee says.

Too many teenagers are dropping out of school or college or failing to pass their courses, because of poor advice, say local councillors.

Australian journalist Peter Greste, freed from prison in Egypt on Sunday, will not rest until two colleagues are also released, his family says.

Leading universities describe plans to cut the tuition fees cap from £9,000 to £6,000 being considered by Labour as "implausible".

The first large-scale trials of an experimental vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus are due to begin in Liberia.

The New England Patriots overcome the row over 'deflate-gate' to beat the Seattle Seahawks and win the Super Bowl 28-24.

A new version of the credit card-sized Raspberry Pi computer, offering more memory and processing power than before, is put on sale.

A second UK military healthcare worker has been flown to England following "likely exposure" to the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone.