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PARIS (AP) -- France's prime minister fended off suggestions Friday that anti-terrorism authorities fell down on the job in monitoring a radical Islamist who gunned down children, paratroopers and a rabbi in a wave of killings that revolted the country....

The funeral of an engineer from Oldham, kidnapped and killed in Nigeria, takes place, with his family saying he "made people feel special".

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- The whereabouts of Mali's president were unknown Friday, a day after mutinous soldiers declared a coup, raising fears and prompting uncertainty in a West African nation that had been one of the region's few established democracies....

A Suffolk doctor is charged with 12 counts of sexual assault, including seven relating to a girl under the age of 13.

Shots are fired at a house in Dundonald on the outskirts of east Belfast.

The plight of the humble pasty is raised in the House of Commons after the chancellor announced plans to slap VAT on the snack.

"There was no single element" that would have allowed police to arrest Mohammed Hera before attacks that left seven people dead, France's prime minister says.

Fashion expert casts critical eye over look of 2012

A posthumous George Medal is awarded to a Royal Navy officer who was shot dead on board a nuclear submarine as it was docked in Southampton.

Northampton flanker Calum Clark is suspended for 32 weeks after an incident which saw Leicester's Rob Hawkins suffer a broken elbow.

A soldier with the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards who risked his life to save wounded comrades in Afghanistan gets the Military Cross.

LEON, Mexico (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI's arrival in Mexico on Friday will reveal his ability to communicate with a people whose passionate adoration of his predecessor threatens to overshadow the pontiff's message of peace and continuing faith for a country shaken by horrific drug violence, the Vatican's ambassador pledged on the eve of the trip....

Legal action starts to force a decision about what to do with 25 petabytes of data from closed file-sharing site Megaupload.

The Bank of England says British banks need to raise fresh capital as early as feasible, as concerns remain over the stability of the global financial system.

England batsman Kevin Pietersen calls for anybody who gets caught being involved in match fixing to be "finished" in the game.

After a dramatic end to a 31-hour standoff, France is asking how intelligence agencies missed vital clues about self-described al Qaeda jihadist Mohammed Merah before his series of deadly attacks.

A British man convicted of raping a woman in Australia in 1999 is deported to the UK after losing an appeal.

A former Rutgers University student convicted of spying on and intimidating his gay roommate says he was not bullying his roommate and he doesn't hate gay people.

Whitney Houston drowned in a bathtub, but "atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use" were contributing factors, coroner says.

BT says it will pay £2bn into its pension scheme under a new nine year plan to wipe out the scheme's deficit.