Shift workers getting too little sleep at the wrong time of day may be increasing their risk of diabetes or obesity, according to researchers.

A ceasefire is due to come into force in Syria to stem the 13-month-old conflict, but Western countries publicly doubt the government's intentions.

The London boroughs are the main beneficiaries of £600m additional government funding for primary school places in England.

A Florida prosecutor is to bring murder charges against a neighbourhood watchman who shot an unarmed black teenager, US law enforcement officials say.

Continued fighting between Sudan and South Sudan prompts international concern the border conflict might develop into outright war.

George Zimmerman, who shot unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida, is charged with second-degree murder and taken into custody.

People with Huntington's disease, a debilitating brain condition, appear to be "protected" from cancer, according to a study in Sweden.

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