Actor Sylvester Stallone has joined the US debate on gun violence, following a number of mass shootings there.

Justice Secretary Chris Grayling says he smacked his own children when they were young and defends the right of parents to smack.

The Bolshoi Ballet's artistic director Sergei Filin tells the BBC he is "absolutely certain" he knows who is behind last month's acid attack on him.

The Bolshoi Ballet's artistic director Sergei Filin tells the BBC he is "absolutely certain" he knows who is behind last month's acid attack on him.

The inventor of the classic toy Etch A Sketch, former electrical technician Andre Cassagnes, dies in France at the age of 86.

The inventor of the classic toy Etch A Sketch, former electrical technician Andre Cassagnes, dies in France at the age of 86.

More than half of nurses believe their NHS ward or unit is dangerously understaffed, according to a survey by the Nursing Times.

Police in Midland City in the US state of Alabama are spending a fifth day negotiating with a man accused of holding a young boy hostage in a bunker.

A portrait of Thailand's booze magnate and his global ambitions

The number of children being diagnosed with epilepsy has dropped dramatically in the UK over the past decade, figures show.

One of Hong Kong's most traditional winter dishes could be under threat, according to those who collect its key ingredient.

Islamist militants release two Filipino hostages, believed to have been kidnapped last June while working for Jordanian TV, in the southern Philippines.

Why one remote Indian temple is issuing certificates

Why fear haunts the mysterious men of the dunes

Iran has unveiled a new home-made combat aircraft, which officials say can evade radar.

Kathy Etchingham remembers life as Jimi Hendrix's 'Foxy Lady'

Protests break out in Spanish cities after Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy vowed not to resign over "false claims" that he received secret payments.

Protests break out in Spanish cities after Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy vowed not to resign over "false claims" that he received secret payments.

A physics prize for school students is to be launched in honour of world-renowned scientist Prof Peter Higgs.

Some welfare-to-work advisers are inappropriately telling the unemployed to become self-employed, a BBC investigation has found.