A 21-year-old man laughed and ran off after shooting Indian student Anuj Bidve in the head, a court hears.

Cyprus confirms that it will ask eurozone partners for a bailout to try to help shore up its banks, which are heavily exposed to Greece.

The BBC's coverage of the Arab Spring was generally impartial but could have benefited from greater breadth and context, the BBC Trust says.

Greece's newly nominated finance minister, Vassilis Rapanos, resigns due to ill health less than a week after being appointed to the post.

Turkey says Syria fired on one of its planes taking part in the rescue operation for a Turkish warplane shot down by Syrian forces last week.

A newco Rangers will be refused admittance to the Scottish Premier League, with six clubs publicly opposed to the move.

Martin McGuinness has said when he shakes the hand of the Queen he will be symbolically shaking the hand of every unionist in Northern Ireland.

Microsoft has confirmed it has bought the office social network site Yammer which has five million users.