A woman taken to court for allegedly making a false rape claim killed herself three days before her trial over fears she would not be believed, her inquest hears.

Ukraine's MPs approve changes to the "special status" law for rebel-held areas in eastern Ukraine, but the separatists say this threatens a truce.

A former lawyer of the Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA in the hunt for Osama Bin Laden is shot dead in the north-western city of Peshawar.

The US Secret Service says it is conducting further tests on an envelope posted to the White House which may contain cyanide.

The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall have arrived in the US at the start of a three day visit, during which they will meet President Obama.

Funding cuts and reforms in England and Wales have contributed to a drop in prison safety over the past two years, a parliamentary report says.

Serbian police arrest seven men accused of taking part in the slaughter of over 1,000 Muslims in the Srebrenica massacre, prosecutors say.

Kevin Pietersen is "not part" of England's plans despite his desire to earn a recall, says national selector James Whitaker.