A health worker from Birmingham, accused of pretending to be a qualified doctor, pleads not guilty to fraud and deception charges.

Syria agrees to extend the mandate of the Arab League observer mission in the country by a month, Syria's state-run news agency says.

Zambia's president seizes control of the country's biggest telecoms company - sold to a Libyan investor two years ago by the previous government.

Sir Mick Jagger declines an invitation to a British tea party event in Davos after complaining he feared he would be used as a "political football".

A man is charged with the murder of a teenage boy who was stabbed to death on London's Oxford Street during the Boxing Day sales.

First Minister Alex Salmond says the vote on independence will be Scotland's biggest decision for 300 years.

Early results from the world's first human trial using embryonic stem cells to treat diseases of the eye suggest the method is safe, say researchers.

Nigerian forces arrest 158 suspected members of the Islamist Boko Haram organisation in dawn raids in the northern city of Kano.