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A person suffers from smoke inhalation after a fire at a home in Swansea.

Papers welcome jail for riot shop arsonist

The UN deadline for a complete ceasefire in Syria has passed.

The Philippines says it has withdrawn its largest warship from a stand-off with Chinese vessels in the South China Sea, as both sides pledge diplomacy.

Elephant poaching in Africa is on the rise despite an international 23-year ban on the trade in ivory

The Sunday Times releases details of the 2012 rich list, with stars like Adele, Daniel Radcliffe and Jessie J all increasing their fortunes.

As Greece wonders whether its debt crisis will eventually spell its exit from the euro, one town in the centre of the country, Volos, has formed an alternative local currency.

Clare Balding on Grand National challenge

The highest ranking female politician in China's Communist Party is to begin an official visit to Northern Ireland later.

The government will stick to its plan to cap tax relief on charitable donations, Treasury minister Danny Alexander says, despite growing criticism from charities.

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un is given two posts previously held by his late father, as the country prepares for a widely-criticised rocket launch.

US watchdog the Securities and Exchange Commission sues AutoChina and 11 investors over alleged stock manipulation.

A plane which crashed into two houses in Greater Manchester, killing the pilot, had probably suffered a fuel supply problem, a report reveals.

Charles Manson, one of America's most notorious inmates, has been refused parole by a prison panel in California.

A mother in Argentina speaks of her joy at finding her premature baby alive in a refrigerated morgue, 12 hours after the girl had been declared dead.

Parliamentary election results in South Korea show the ruling Saenuri party taking the majority of seats by a small margin after a close race.

Who are the people who run Britain's funfairs?

The legal ivory trade and the secretive black market

The government is investigating after figures emerge suggesting hospital patients in England have been discharged overnight to free up beds.

Scottish firms have had a better start to 2012 than last year but "widespread difficulties" remain, a business survey suggests.