There will be 2,000 fewer NHS nurses in England over the next four years according to projections, Labour says, but the Conservatives say the figures are old.

A family of six who have been reported missing may be travelling to a part of Syria controlled by Islamic State militants, police say.

The Shroud of Turin, which some believe to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ, returns to public display after a break of five years.

For the first time in Cuba, at least two government opponents will be standing on Sunday in municipal elections in Havana.

Hundreds of people are feared to have drowned after a boat carrying up to 700 migrants capsizes in the Mediterranean Sea, the Italian coastguard says.

A man police want to question over the deaths of his mother and sister in Merseyside could be in London, detectives say.

More than 300 people have been arrested in South Africa in connection with the wave of violence against immigrants, the home affairs minister says.

A fourth person is arrested in connection with the murder of a Syrian-born preacher who was found shot dead in his car.