Researchers suggest students in Scotland could be "squeezed out" if there is a yes vote on independence and the free tuition system continues.

US Secretary of State John Kerry says Lebanon's Hezbollah and Iran are perpetuating President Bashar al-Assad's "campaign of terror" in Syria.

Renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, who died in March, is due to be buried in his home town in Anambra state.

A poll in 25 countries for the BBC World Service suggests Germany is the most favourably viewed country in the world.

A man who killed a couple when he knocked them off their tandem bike in Bristol is jailed for 10 years.

Amnesty International accuses governments of using state sovereignty as an "excuse" for failing to intervene in emergencies such as in Syria.

Health unions say the state of NHS services for people who can't get to a GP in many parts of England is "lamentable".

Family doctors are not prepared to shore up an emergency health care system left unsafe by "political meddling", a GP leader is to warn in a speech.