A Japanese tourist dies at the Taj Mahal after allegedly slipping down a staircase, with one eyewitness saying the tourist had been taking a selfie.

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell apologises for saying in 2003 that IRA members should be "honoured".

Croatia cannot stop migrants who wish to move on to Western Europe, its prime minister says, as thousands on the move seek a new route.

Fresh images of Pluto from Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft have captured a low-lying haze near the surface.

Lidl is to become the first UK supermarket to implement the minimum wage as recommended by the Living Wage Foundation.

Highly drug-resistant gonorrhoea is spreading in the north of England with an outbreak centred in Leeds, health officials have confirmed.

Differences in access to key NHS services, including stroke and cancer care, are putting patients at risk, an official report suggests.

Nicola Sturgeon marks the anniversary of the independence referendum by saying David Cameron is "on borrowed time" as he seeks to prevent Scotland leaving the UK.