Drivers in England will be banned from smoking in their car from October if they are carrying children as passengers.

Counter-terrorism police in the Australian city of Sydney arrest two men who were allegedly planning an imminent attack.

The host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show, Jon Stewart, will step down later this year, the president of the network has confirmed.

Greece's left-wing government drafts an alternative bailout plan, despite scepticism from EU partners, as it easily wins a parliamentary vote.

A police officer is charged over the fatal shooting of an unarmed man in a block of flats in New York City, according to a lawyer in the case.

US news anchor Brian Williams is suspended by his employer, NBC, after he admitted his account of coming under fire in Iraq was not true.

Verdicts are due in the trial of 46 people accused of belonging to a group that sent jihadists to Syria, the largest case of its kind in Belgium.

Pupils in some parts of England are not being offered GCSE subjects which could be "vital" to their prospects, a study has found.