At least six Palestinians are killed by Israeli air strikes in Gaza, amid fresh cross-border exchanges that threaten a truce declared by Hamas.

New York is set to be a major loser as a result of future sea level rise, according to a new forecast model.

The owner of the News of the World says sorry over the phone hacking scandal and is to set up a compensation fund believed to be worth £20m.

At least 19 demonstrators are reported killed in anti-government rallies in the Syrian city of Deraa, as renewed protests spread across the country.

A government bid to deport a failed asylum seeker who killed a 12-year-old girl in a hit-and-run in Lancashire is rejected by the Court of Appeal.

A Blackpool couple who left their five young children at home while they went out drinking are given suspended jail terms.

Last minute talks are underway between congressional negotiators over US spending cuts as a deadline to reach a deal and avoid a government shutdown looms.

France's President Sarkozy threatened to "smash the face" of an editor after an article implied that his wife Carla Bruni was a maneater, a new book alleges.