Search planes and ships resume the hunt for AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ8501, which went missing over the Java Sea with 162 people on board.

Smoking "rots" the body from within, warns this year's quit smoking campaign from Public Health England.

The head of a major UK business group is calling on politicians to rise above "point-scoring" in the general election campaigns next year.

Bahrain's main opposition movement says its leader, Sheikh Ali Salman, has been arrested after a day of questioning at the interior ministry.

Controversial Sony film The Interview becomes the studio's most downloaded film ever, just four days after its release online.

An Italian ferry which caught fire on route to Italy with 478 people on board is being evacuated in choppy seas and high winds.

The Greek parliament is to hold a third and final vote on whether to approve a new president, a decision which could trigger snap elections.

Up to three million young people are yet to decide how to vote in the general election, and this could be key to who wins, a think tank says.