Rapid drug treatment after HIV infection may be enough to "functionally cure" about one in 10 patients, say researchers in France.

US President Barack Obama tells an Israeli TV channel that it would take Iran "over a year or so" to develop a nuclear weapon.

Eric Joyce, the independent MP for Falkirk, is arrested after police are called to reports of a disturbance in a bar at the Houses of Parliament.

A man who won the lottery for the second time in less than two years has said he is "not that bothered" about his latest win.

Reuters journalist Matthew Keys is charged in the US with conspiring with hacking group Anonymous to break into the website of a former employer.

Samsung has launched its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S4, which allows users to control the device with their eyes.

There has been a "dramatic decline" in the number of people studying for degrees in England on a part-time basis, a report says.

Excavations for the Crossrail project in London reveal 13 bodies in a burial ground believed to date from the early days of the Black Death.