Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho says it was a "hard decision" to let Juan Mata join Premier League rivals Manchester United.

Graeme Swann says his retiring midway through England's Ashes tour was the "most sobering decision" of his life.

The Pentagon says the US has carried out a missile strike in Somalia against a suspected militant leader with ties to al-Qaeda and al-Shabab.

Whitehall officials are warning that more terrorist attacks in Russia are "very likely to occur" in the run-up to or during the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

The Syrian peace talks in Geneva are due to approach the divisive issue of transfer of power, as discussions on aid convoys continue.

Genetic tests reveal that a hunter-gatherer who lived 7,000 years ago had the unusual combination of dark skin and hair and blue eyes.

Ukraine's justice minister says she will call for a state of emergency and the end of negotiations unless protesters leave her ministry.

Boys at a detention centre asked other inmates to break their legs so they could be moved elsewhere and escape being abused by staff, a former detainee claims.