A missionary from County Tyrone, who received an OBE in the New Year Honours List, has been shot and wounded in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Rallies for and against the "anti-Islamisation" group Pegida are under way in a number of German cities, with thousands taking part.

Two junior members of the US ski team are killed in an avalanche near the forthcoming World Cup race venue in the Austrian Alps.

A&E waiting times in England have fallen to their worst level for a decade, figures out later are expected to show.

The Liberal Democrats would plug the NHS funding gap by ploughing the proceeds of economic growth into public services, the party says.

A record 2.5 million people will be "living with cancer" in the UK in 2015, according to the charity Macmillan Cancer Support.

The number of first-time buyers in 2014 rose to its highest level in seven years, according to one of the UK's largest lenders, the Halifax.

Sony has publicly condemned the "vicious" cyber attack that led to it suspending the release of its film The Interview.