Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has resigned in a procedural move after his governing AK Party lost its majority in parliamentary elections.

Claims of historical abuse at three boys' schools in the west of England are being investigated by two police forces.

Pakistan executes a man who was 15 when he was sentenced to death for a double murder in 1992 and who rights groups say was tortured into confessing.

Sainsbury's has seen sales drop for the sixth consecutive quarter due to increasing supermarket competition, and food deflation.

The relatives of 44 victims of the Germanwings plane crash, including 16 schoolchildren who died, are to view their coffins in Duesseldorf.

A Nobel laureate apologises for offence caused by comments he made about the "trouble with girls" in science - but says he was being "honest".

US President Barack Obama is preparing to deploy as many as 500 additional troops to help train Iraqi forces to fight Islamic State, US officials say.

The governor of the Bank of England will call for longer prison sentences for bankers who break the law, as part of an attack on ethics in the City in a speech later.