UN human rights chief Navi Pillay says "further militarisation" of the crisis in Syria by other countries must be avoided "at all costs".

Spain's football team is greeted by tens of thousands on the streets of the capital Madrid after their triumph in the Euro 2012 tournament.

Microsoft takes a $6.2bn write-down on the value of online advertising agency aQuantive, bought five years ago for $6.3bn.

A British Chambers of Commerce survey finds that smaller firms are still struggling, with the director-general saying that "growth cannot wait".

The government has published reform plans aimed at combating the sexual exploitation of children in care by gangs.

High-level talks at the United Nations aimed at creating a treaty to regulate the global arms trade stall on their first day over a technicality.

A US court rules that Twitter must hand over tweets posted by an Occupy Wall Street protester facing trial for disorderly conduct.

A senior Army officer condemns plans to axe a battalion under his command as part of defence cuts, a leaked letter reveals.