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Bahraini security forces fire stun grenades at protesters gathered outside a cultural exhibition in Manama for Sunday's Formula 1 Grand Prix.

The UK will fund Afghan security forces after British combat operations in the country cease in 2014, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has said.

British scientists have restored the sight of blind mice by transplanting light-sensitive photoreceptor cells into their eyes.

A council is criticised over the presence of an inflatable, sinking ship in one of its parks on the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic.

Sudan's president says his goal is to liberate South Sudan's people from their government, as fears grow of an all-out war between the two countries.

What we currently call breast cancer should be thought of as 10 completely separate diseases, according to a study which has been described as a landmark moment for treatment.

Mali's former President Amadou Toumani Toure, whose whereabouts had been unknown since being ousted in a coup last month, is in the Senegalese embassy in Bamako, President Macky Sall of Senegal says.

More than three-quarters of families in London have a place at their first choice of primary school for the autumn, despite a rise in applications.

Volkswagen's Audi arm has bought Italian motorcycle firm Ducati for an undisclosed sum, it has said.

American diver Greg Louganis hits his head on the bord during the 3m springboard competition at the Seoul Olympics in 1988. (UK users only)

Sebastian Coe makes up for the disappointment of losing out in the 800m to great rival Steve Ovett by taking an unexpected victory in the 1500m at the Moscow Games in 1980. (UK users only)

Efforts to create customised medicines using 3D printer-based technology are being developed in Glasgow.

World wide web founder Sir Tim Berners-Lee has said people should protest against current plans to increase internet monitoring.

Translink confirms that fares on a number of bus and rail routes across Northern Ireland are set to rise.

The radical cleric's deportation is in doubt after an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights, which the home secretary calls a "delaying tactic".

A prison officer who was found naked in bed with a missing inmate is convicted of helping him abscond from jail.

Fuel tanker drivers' representatives reject a deal aimed at resolving the dispute over working conditions - but say they are not going on strike.

One in four university places is expected to be kept available for top-grade A-level applicants this year.

Thieves steal 18 "valuable and culturally significant" items of Chinese art, thought to be worth millions of pounds, from a Cambridge University museum.

A nurse has admitted fatally shooting a woman and stealing her baby outside a paediatric centre near Houston, Texas, authorities say.