William Hague has said he is confident the European Union will agree further sanctions to tighten the "diplomatic and economic stranglehold" on the Syrian regime.

Doctors' leaders are meeting to consider their next move in the bitter row over the Government's controversial pension reforms, including the possibility of a ballot for industrial action.

Heathrow Express services are to be disrupted on Sunday and on Monday because of a strike by drivers and other staff in two separate disciplinary disputes.

Double-Oscar winner Meryl Streep will be hoping to make it third time lucky this weekend as the great and the good of Hollywood gather for the Oscars.

A retired British businessman extradited to the United States for alleged arms dealing is spending his first day in US custody after arriving in Texas.

Lights on thousands of miles of A-roads in England could be dimmed in a bid to save money and reduce carbon emissions.

Silvio Berlusconi faces a verdict on bribery charges on Saturday in one of four trials against a once dominant presence in Italian politics who is increasingly harried by legal woes.

North Korea has threatened to stage a "sacred war" over US-South Korean annual joint military exercises next week, denouncing the drill as a "silent declaration of war".

One of the most valuable sunken treasures ever found was on its way back to Spain aboard two military aircraft ending a five-year legal battle with the treasure's US -based discoverers.

Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille offered his surprise resignation after just four months in office, amid tension between the premier and government ministers over issues of dual nationality.

White House hopeful Mitt Romney styled himself as a Michigan-bred "car guy" whose wife drives "a couple of Cadillacs" as he tried to woo Motor City voters ahead of a key primary.

The Red Cross has started evacuating women, children and injured victims from the besieged Syrian city of Homs as world leaders urged an end to the violence.