Fighting in Central Asia's poorest country of Tajikistan leave 20 dead.
It's over: Marathon hearing into press ethics closes on day Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks charged over phone hacking.
Three men arrested over separate incidents linked to Batman screening slaughter in Aurora.
Military deployment at games passes 18,000 but Jeremy Hunt insists planning is 'very much on track'.
Exchequer secretary who said paying tradesmen cash in return for discounts was 'morally wrong' criticised for apparent hypocrisy.
Syrian National Council pulls back from claims it would support authority that would include figures from Bashar al-Assad regime.
The marginal rise in beer duty revenues the government is achieving offset by a fall in income from jobs and other taxes.
Migration Watch accuses coalition government of 'bottling out' in the face of pressure from university heads and business leaders.
Raging wildfires that broke out on Sunday in Girona in Spain’s northern Catalonia region have claimed at least four lives and 23 people are reportedly injured.
Syria, which has the fourth largest stockpile of chemical weapons in the world, says it will use them only in cases of external aggression.
Israel fears Assad's arsenal of chemical weapons could fall into the hands of Islamist militants if regime falls.
PM tries to win back support by offering government roles to opposition MPs in national service row for Orthodox Jews.
Suspect in massacre of 12 people in Aurora cinema during Dark Knight Rises screening in solitary confinement.
Energy and climate change committee claims consumers can expect higher energy bills.
Assad's forces detained, tortured and sexually abused children while the rebels used them and failed to protect them, says report.
Shaky partnership with David Cameron's Tories has Lib Dem leader putting out feelers on working with Labour as its 'duty'.
Roadside bombs and suicide attacks target security officials and citizens in multiple locations across Iraq following an al Qaeda threat.
Treasury Minister David Gauke announces crackdown in the wake of the controversy over comedian Jimmy Carr's tax affairs.
Government troops also fighting back in border areas, while thousands of civilians flee to Turkey and Lebanon.
The Aurora incident is just the latest in a series of shootings in the US, yet neither political party is prepared to risk making an issue out of gun control.
Violent clashes between Syrian rebels and the regime's forces have now reached Aleppo.
Assad's forces regain control of Damascus but rebel forces enter central areas in Aleppo, Syria's largest city
Flat belonging to man believed to have shot dead 12 Batman fans in Colorado cinema said to be booby-trapped.
Regular Howard Stern Show phone-jacker fooled TV anchorwoman with false death toll claims as Colorado town comes to terms with carnage at Batman screening.
The 29-year-old Csanad Szegedi is known for his extreme anti-Semitic rhetoric.
First images: Graphic video shows people rushing out of Century 16 cinema in Aurora, Colorado, after gunman opened fire at midnight screening of Dark Knight Rises.
Police confirm 14 dead and 51 injured in shooting rampage at cinema in Aurora, Colorado, while FBI considers raising national security level.
Shooting and explosion at midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado, near Denver, reports say 14 dead and 30 injured. Suspected killer identified as James Holmes, aged 24.
The attack was believed to be retaliation for the recent assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists.
Fighting continues in Damascus, with government troops withdrawing in several areas.
