A third lion dies in Narok, south-west Kenya, after a pride featured on a BBC wildlife programme was allegedly poisoned by Maasai herdsmen.

A legal dispute over copyright fees for the song Happy Birthday To You has been settled out of court.

Dozens of people are killed in a Taliban attack on a heavily fortified civilian and military airfield in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar.

The NHS in England will struggle this winter without more beds in care homes and other community settings to ease hospital pressures, researchers warn.

A litter of IVF puppies has been born, paving the way for efforts to conserve endangered breeds and boosting efforts to fight human diseases, US scientists say.

Four of the world's biggest tobacco firms will begin a legal challenge later to the government's new packaging rules, due to come into force in May.

Outgoing Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner makes an emotional farewell speech ahead of her successor Mauricio Macri's inauguration.

Two males, aged 15 and 20, are arrested by counter-terror police in Sydney, and accused of conspiring to carry out an attack in Australia.