Suffragettes would have been 'outraged' by the injustices faced by women today, the great-granddaughter of their leader says on International Women's Day.

Two men are charged in connection with the murder of Russian opposition activist Boris Nemtsov, and three other suspects appear before a court in Moscow.

A record-breaking attempt to fly around the world in a solar-powered plane is set to get under way on Monday from Abu Dhabi.

India's NDTV network halts programming for an hour, in protest at the banning of a controversial BBC documentary about the Delhi rape case.

Police are called to Westminster after a man is spotted on the roof of the Houses of Parliament.

A dog has been used to sniff out thyroid cancer in people who had not yet been diagnosed, US researchers report.

Banning radical Islamists from working unsupervised with children could be one measure included in a new government anti-extremism strategy, reports say.

Investigations are continuing into a crash in Powys which left three teenagers and a 68-year-old woman dead, and three others seriously hurt.