US Secretary of State John Kerry says Iran has a role to play in the fight against Islamic State despite not being part of the US-led coalition.

Dozens of Turkish hostages seized by militants in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul in June are back in Turkey, says Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.

The Duke of Cambridge is to celebrate Malta's 50th anniversary on an official visit to the country, as a last-minute replacement for his pregnant wife.

A mother is charged with murdering her newborn baby girl whose body was found at a house in Knowle, Bristol.

An Australian hunter says he fought off a crocodile by poking the reptile in the eye, admitting he was tipsy during the attack.

The hunt for missing 14-year-old Alice Gross is the largest police search operation led by the Metropolitan Police since the 7/7 bomb attacks, the force says.

Paratroops from Europe and the US are staging parachute jumps in the Netherlands to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem.

The UK government is to provide £12m to help France tackle the problem of illegal immigrants trying to enter Britain from Calais.