Police have said they believe the Real IRA was behind bomb attacks on the homes of a Catholic police officer and a retired doctor in County Londonderry.

Almost 50 alleged victims of media malpractice are granted the right to be "core participants" in the judicial inquiry into phone hacking.

A Libyan man who accuses Britain's MI6 of arranging to send him home to be tortured says he will give evidence at an inquiry in London.

The European Commission is to propose joint eurozone bonds to help solve the region's debt crisis, despite German opposition.

US retail sales fail to increase in August versus the previous month, adding to evidence of a slowdown in the economy.

The publisher of Vogue magazine, Conde Nast, is to open a college of fashion and design in London.

Students at 67 leading UK universities could face disruption to courses from October, as lecturers vote for action over planned changes to their pensions.

A US federal report finds BP, Transocean and Halliburton, all responsible for the disaster at the Deepwater Horizon rig and the worst oil spill in US history.