A British man has been killed and about 12 other people injured in a suspected suicide bomb attack in Qatar. The car bomb blast occurred at the Doha Players theatre outside the capital, Doha, near a ...

A US woman who killed herself is left hanging for hours by witnesses who thought it was a Halloween decoration.

Archaeologists excavating part of a Roman villa in Somerset have unearthed a mosaic of Daphne and Apollo. The mosaic, which dates back to the 4th Century, is part of the Dinnington Roman Villa site ...

The United Nations tribunal in Arusha has convicted three former media executives of being key figures in the media campaign to incite ethnic Hutus to kill Tutsis in Rwanda in 1994.

The 2004 local elections in Birmingham were marred by widespread postal vote fraud, a judge rules.

The maker of Colgate toothpaste has been warned not to repeat its famous advertising claim that "more than 80% of dentists recommend Colgate". The Advertising Standards Authority concluded the claim ...

A South Korean man dies after reportedly playing an online computer game for 50 hours with few breaks.

South Africa v Sri Lanka A, Colombo Match drawn ...

Former boxing champions Eddie Thomas, Billy Eynon, Charlie Bundy, Glen Moody, Phineas John, Cuthbert Taylor, Jack Phillips ...

BBC News Online explains how Bin Laden's al-Qaeda network grew up and the connections with other militants.

The full text of Nelson Mandela's speech in London's Trafalgar Square for the campaign to end poverty in the developing world. I am privileged to be here today at the invitation of The Campaign to ...

Drinking three or more cups of tea a day is as good for you as drinking plenty of water and may even have extra health benefits, say researchers. The work in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition ...