A three-year-old boy dies after being bitten by a dog in Essex, police say.

A 42-year-old man has been arrested in Dubai and held without charge for three weeks after promoting an online charity campaign on his Facebook page.

Writer William 'Billy' Ivory pays tribute to a binman who inspired his breakthrough TV comedy drama Common As Muck.

Jeremy Corbyn pledges to win over "some people who have been tempted to vote Tory", as his leadership rival says Labour is not on a "trajectory to win power".

The State Department says a $400m cash payment to Iran was used as "leverage" in the release of five US prisoners.

Mexico's National Human Rights Commission said 22 people were executed by federal police in the western state of Michoacan last year.

Media company Gawker says it will close its main site next week, days after it was bought by Univision in a bankruptcy auction.

A $100m settlement between the taxi-hailing app Uber and some of its drivers is rejected by a US judge.