Four more universities are joining the Russell Group of leading universities - Durham, Exeter, Queen Mary, University of London, and York.

The World Trade Organization upholds most of its ruling that Boeing received illegal subsidies from the US government.

A public toilet is being built at a cost of £50,000 on a tiny island that is uninhabited for six months a year.

A diet high in red meat can shorten life expectancy, according to researchers at Harvard Medical School.

Yahoo sues Facebook over claims that the social network failed to license 10 patents belonging to the web portal.

Barack Obama vows that US forces will not "rush for the exits" in Afghanistan, after a soldier is detained accused of murdering 16 civilians.

MPs block changes to the Commons code of conduct which would have given the standards watchdog greater powers to investigate their private lives.

A letter penned on board the Titanic by a Belfast doctor to his mother is to be brought back to Belfast for an exhibition.