David Cameron defends government policy on Gaza after minister Baroness Warsi quits, calling it "morally indefensible".

Israel and Hamas agree to a 72-hour humanitarian truce to begin in Gaza on Tuesday morning, officials and Egyptian mediators say.

The Foreign Office is warning British expatriates living in the United Arab Emirates they could face Sharia courts in divorce or child custody cases.

England's exam system is "unimaginative, little changed from Victorian times" and fails to prepare students for the modern workplace, says the headmaster of Eton.

There has been a 40% rise in the proportion of patients given antibiotics for coughs and colds since the turn of the century, a study suggests.

Amnesty International says it has uncovered evidence of war crimes in north-eastern Nigeria, where the military is fighting Islamist militants.

Alex Salmond and Alistair Darling are due to go head to head in a televised referendum debate.

The World Bank announces that it is allocating $200m in emergency assistance to help West African countries contain the Ebola outbreak.