Seven banks, including HSBC and Royal Bank of Scotland, are to be questioned in the US for alleged manipulation of the Libor inter-bank lending rate.

The UK has issued a "threat" to enter the Ecuadorian embassy in London to arrest Wikileaks' Julian Assange, Ecuador's foreign minister says.

Tax officials have published a gallery of photographs of the people it considers to be the most wanted UK tax fugitives.

Armed militants have attacked a Pakistani military air base and are engaged in a fierce firefight with security forces, officials say.

Hundreds of thousands of teenagers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are due to receive their A-level results later.

Landslides are responsible for the deaths of up to 10 times as many people worldwide than previously thought, research by a UK university suggests.

Ants helped create a biodiversity hotspot in the Cape region of South Africa, scientists believe.

The government is seeking the public's view on the cosmetic surgery industry in an attempt to prevent scandals like that involving PIP breast implants.