The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have landed in Canada's Northwest Territories on the latest leg of their tour of Canada.

A British soldier found dead after going missing in southern Afghanistan is named by the Ministry of Defence as Highlander Scott McLaren.

A skull found in the garden of broadcaster Sir David Attenborough in south-west London belongs to a woman murdered in 1879, a coroner rules.

The levels of malnutrition among children fleeing Somalia's drought could lead to a "human tragedy of unimaginable proportions", the UN refugee head says.

The credit ratings agency Moody's downgrades Portugal's debt to junk status saying there is a growing risk it will need another bail-out.

The partner of a snake expert killed by one of his cobras tells an inquest into his death how she tried to save him.

US single mother Casey Anthony is cleared of murdering her two-year-old daughter Caylee at the end of a trial that has gripped the US.