Rangers will have to come from behind to progress in the Europa League after Maribor grab a first-leg stoppage-time winner.

The widow of a man killed by a shark on their Seychelles honeymoon describes the moment she heard his "awful scream".

QPR manager Neil Warnock admits his hunt for new players has been given fresh impetus by Tony Fernandes' takeover.

The UN is to send a humanitarian mission to Syria on Saturday to assess the situation there, as Damascus repeats claims that army operations against protesters have stopped.

Modified ecstasy could one day have a role to play in fighting some blood cancers after researchers increase its effectiveness 100-fold, scientists say.

A woman and teenage boy have been found near the border in County Monaghan after they were kidnapped from their home in Belfast.

The Private Finance Initiative used by successive governments to pay for new schools and hospitals is poor value for money, a group of MPs say.

Troops in Afghanistan could be hit by shortages of equipment within 30 days if the system for sending supplies breaks down, MPs warn.