Veteran Bollywood actor Shammi Kapoor, a prominent star in the 1950s and 1960s, dies in Mumbai aged 79, after suffering kidney disease.

The Palestinian Authority says it will present its bid for statehood recognition when the UN General Assembly reconvenes in September.

British police chiefs react sceptically to government plans to consult US "supercop" Bill Bratton on how to tackle recent street violence.

Handing powers to set corporation tax from Westminster to Holyrood could destabilise public spending, Scotland's accountancy body warns.

At least four people are killed and 40 injured when a stage collapses in high winds at the Indiana State Fair.

Burma pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is making her first political trip outside Rangoon since her release from house arrest last November.

Former captains Michael Vaughan and Alec Stewart believe England will dominate Test cricket for years to come after moving to the top of the world rankings.

The killers of a man shot dead in Croydon during the London riots were involved in looting and robbed at least two other people, detectives believe.