Qatar-owned TV news network al-Jazeera says one of its journalists has been arrested in Germany at the request of Egypt.

People are gatthering to take part in a mass yoga programme in the Indian capital, Delhi, on the first ever International Yoga Day.

A vaccine to protect babies from meningitis B will be introduced in the UK from September, the Department of Health announces.

Plans to create more seven-day services across the NHS in England are being put in jeopardy because of cuts to senior nursing posts, industry leaders warn.

UK forces should not have gone into Iraq in 2003, according to Lord Falconer, one of Tony Blair's closest allies during the build-up to war.

A major international agreement designed to protect cultural treasures during military conflicts is to be finally ratified by the UK.

Italian prosecutors want to indict the Bank of China's Milan branch and almost 300 people over a money-laundering scheme.

Two major searches are under way after a reported sighting of two killers who escaped from a prison in New York state a fortnight ago.