The family of missing teenager Becky Watts say they are "devastated" as police reveal body parts are discovered at a house in Bristol.

As many as 373 children may have been targeted for sex by gangs of men in Oxfordshire in the last 16 years, a serious case review finds.

A "lethal mix" of failures at a Cumbrian hospital led to the unnecessary deaths of 11 babies and one mother, an inquiry rules.

Phone hacking was "rife" at the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Sunday People from 1999 to 2006, a court hears.

Thousands of Russians bid farewell to murdered Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov during his funeral in the capital Moscow.

Sir Simon Rattle, one of the world's leading conductors, is to take over as music director at the London Symphony Orchestra from September 2017.

A recording emerges in which the Islamic State fighter Mohammed Emwazi, known as "Jihadi John", denied being an extremist and said MI5 threatened him.

Fierce clashes are taking place in and around the Iraqi city of Tikrit, as soldiers and militiamen attack Islamic State positions, officials say.

Iran rejects as "excessive and illogical" a demand by US President Obama that it freeze sensitive nuclear activity for at least 10 years.

The Duke of Cambridge promotes British business and meets Paddington bear, as his tour of China continues.

Save The Children says it is sorry its decision to give Tony Blair a "global legacy" award "upset so many people".

Dave Whelan resigns from his position as chairman of Wigan Athletic but will remain as owner of the Championship club.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress is a strategic moment for Tehran, says the BBC's Jonathan Marcus.

Mark Zuckerberg's appearance at the Mobile World Congress was a missed opportunity.

Thomas Fessy looks at whether the regional task force has a fighting chance against Nigeria's Boko Haram militant group.

What measures will be needed for the UK to meet Nato targets for defence, writes Prof Malcolm Chalmers, of security think tank the Royal United Services Institute.

It is time for the Kremlin's opponents to stop jostling for primacy and let the Russian people take the lead, writes Konstantin von Eggert.

Iraq's army is battling an jihadist insurgency - but how strong is the force?

Foreign land ownership is seen by many as a problem in Australia but the farm sector has another side to the story.

An amateur photographer captures the image of a weasel riding on the back of a green woodpecker as it flies through the air.

The Rosetta satellite sees its own shadow in the highest resolution image it has so far taken of Comet 67P.