Diplomatic efforts will be intensified amid reports that the Syrian regime is planning new assaults on opposition forces, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague says.

UK and US citizens should be confident their intelligence agencies operate within the law, the foreign secretary says after talks in Washington with his American counterpart John Kerry.

A general strike begins in Greece in protest at the government's move to shut state broadcaster ERT with the loss of nearly 2,700 jobs.

Facebook is adding support for clickable hashtags to help users keep track of popular topics on the network, a move experts say may boost ad sales.

Thousands of bright children are being let down by England's non-selective secondary schools, inspectors warn.

HM Revenue and Customs should "fully investigate" Google after information from whistleblowers "undermined" the firm's defence of its tax arrangements, MPs say.

Female genital mutilation is not being properly tackled in the UK as police and social workers are afraid of being seen as politically incorrect, MPs say.

Care minister Norman Lamb is holding talks to discuss what he says is a crisis in care of the elderly and disabled at home.