Northern Ireland's Equality Commission says it supports same-sex marriages being introduced and that Stormont needs to take action.

Professor of bacteriology Hugh Pennington explains why a 'bag for life' could be full of dangerous germs.

TV cameras are to be allowed into the Court of Appeal for the first time, after a change in the law, the Ministry of Justice announces.

The people of Rjukan in Norway celebrate the installation of giant mountaintop mirrors, which have finally brought winter sunshine to their town centre.

A scorching "lava world" with a similar mass and density to that of Earth has been discovered orbiting a star 400 light-years away.

President Obama's embattled health secretary apologises to the American people over the botched rollout this month of his signature healthcare law.

The world is heading for a wine shortage, with global consumer demand already significantly outstripping supply, a report warns.

The discovery of Sars-like viruses in horseshoe bats could point to the origins of the human pathogen, researchers say.