US President Barack Obama says the nomination of Haider al-Abadi as Iraq's prime minister-designate is a "promising step forward".

Actor Robin Williams, star of Dead Poets Society and Good Will Hunting, has died at home in California in an apparent suicide, say police.

There are warnings that anti-extremism measures for schools in the wake of the Trojan Horse inquiries are rushed and could have unintended consequences.

The Metropolitan Police Commissioner cuts short a BBC radio interview to jump into a minicab and make an arrest.

New laws must be introduced to make it harder for pubs in England and Wales to be demolished or converted into shops, pub campaigners say.

A majority of Scots think an independent Scotland should continue to use the pound, according to the Scottish Social Attitudes survey.

Venezuela deploys 17,000 troops along its Colombian border, which will be closed every night for a month as part of an anti-smuggling operation.

A Canadian man accused of killing three police officers in June in Moncton, New Brunswick, has pleaded guilty to all charges.