A British soldier has been killed by an individual wearing an Afghan army uniform, the Ministry of Defence says.

Lawmakers in Greece approve a 2013 budget requiring fresh spending cuts, amid mass public protests across the country.

Researchers find a way to do "invisibility cloaking" with no reflections or losses for the first time, cloaking a cylinder from microwave light.

Executives from Starbucks, Google and Amazon, which have all been accused of tax avoidance, are due to give evidence before Parliament.

MPs are preparing to vote on plans to implement a 3p a litre increase in fuel duty which would take effect in January.

UK dairy producers will be in China this week in a bid to boost trade with the world's biggest grocery market.

Judges are to rule on whether the radical cleric, Abu Qatada, can be deported to Jordan where he is accused of plotting bomb attacks.

A leading Syrian cleric who fled to Egypt, Moaz al-Khatib, is chosen to head a new coalition to oppose President Bashar al-Assad's government.