A British journalist held captive by militants in north-west Pakistan since March is released.
The mother and cousin of a 14-year-old Bristol girl who went missing with her young child appeal for her to come home.
A prominent human rights lawyer in Iran, Nasrin Sotoudeh, is detained by the authorities on security charges.
Police in Cornwall are investigating after three budgerigars were stamped to death and 21 others were stolen from a leading breeder's house.
Voters in Exeter are electing 13 councillors to bring the city council back to its full complement after the new government denied it unitary status.
Nottinghamshire look to hold off the chasing pack of Somerset, Yorkshire and Lancashire, while Kent and Hampshire battle against relegation.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Mexican drug violence is looking increasingly like an insurgency, a comment strongly rejected by Mexico.
The United States has been overtaken by Sweden and Singapore in the World Economic Forum's competitiveness survey.
Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticises the tactics of his opponents, in a BBC interview ahead of Sunday's constitutional referendum.
The referendum on independence for Southern Sudan is a "ticking time bomb", US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says.
Pictures reveal new side to life in trend-setting Soweto
A former bodyguard for Britney Spears files a sexual harassment lawsuit against the pop star.
Wall Street banking giant Goldman Sachs is fined £17.5m by the UK's financial watchdog.
Rapper Tinie Tempah leads the way in the nominations for this year's Mobo Awards in Liverpool with four nods.
A selection of your images on the theme of going back to work
The UK's fourth biggest grocer, Morrisons, says it hopes to trial online shopping and convenience stores next year.
Plus-size models make New York Fashion Week debut
Scientists begin a study to determine if an everyday vitamin supplement could help prevent a common birth defect.
An explosive EastEnders storyline which could see the end of Peggy Mitchell, played by Barbara Windsor, begins on Thursday.
Students from different political affiliations are staging a huge protest at one of India's top universities over plans to introduce CCTV.
