Britain would "favourably consider" any request for arms from the Kurds in their battle with extremists in Iraq, the BBC understands.

The Metropolitan Police reveals the names of two men who had sexual relationships with women while working as undercover officers.

The UN's health agency says the scale of the Ebola outbreak appears to be "vastly underestimated", as the death toll reaches 1,069.

Patients say a decision by the NHS in England to reject a treatment for men with prostate cancer is a "fiasco".

Thousands of people across the US gather to honour a black teenager whose fatal shooting by police sparked four nights of violence in a Missouri town.

A controversial Russian aid convoy remains parked near Ukraine's border, still waiting for permission to cross the frontier.

North Yorkshire Police has the worst fitness levels of 32 forces in England and Wales, College of Policing tests show.

UN peacekeepers in Haiti clash with supporters of former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide at a protest in the capital Port-au-Prince.