A digital camera that functions like an insect's compound eye is developed by US scientists.

The emotional impact of stroke is too often overlooked and should be given the same priority as physical rehabilitation, campaigners say.

Women may be more vulnerable to smoking-related diseases than men, studies suggest.

An Indian man on death row for spying in Pakistan, Sarabjit Singh, dies after being attacked in a Lahore jail last week, reports say.

US soft drinks giant PepsiCo withdraws a Mountain Dew ad over criticism that it depicts racial stereotypes and makes light of violence against women.

More than a million people with interest-only mortgages face a financial crunch when they have to pay them off, the regulator warns.

Bermuda and other British overseas territories with financial centres have signed agreements on sharing tax information, the Treasury announces.

Three men thought to be involved in smuggling drugs worth millions of pounds into the UK from Europe are sought by police.