Authorities believe one of the men accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London street is a British-born citizen of Nigerian descent.

Groups burn down restaurant, torch more than 30 cars in a fourth night of riots in the Swedish capital.

Mum of two confronted men accused of hacking a British soldier to death in a suspected terror attack. | Photos | Video

A Russian space capsule containing mice, sand eels, geckos, gerbils, snails, fish and plants has returned to Earth after a month-long mission in space.

Polish man gets face transplant just three weeks after a workplace accident, in what doctors say is the fastest ever such operation.

Hundreds of youths set fire to cars and attack police in three nights of rioting in Sweden's capital Stockholm.

JOHAN SENNERO AND JOHAN AHLANDER - Reuters

Hundreds of youths have set fire to cars and attacked police in three nights of rioting in Stockholm.

MICHAEL HOLDEN - Reuters

An Irishman was charged over a bombing that killed four soldiers on horseback in the heart of London in 1982, one of the most high-profile attacks by IRA guerrillas.

A base jumper's miraculous escape from a 300m-high fall has been captured on video.

MALIN RISING - AP

Youths hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze in a Stockholm suburb in the second day of rioting triggered by the fatal police shooting of a man wielding a knife.

Apple's ability to shelter billions of dollars of income from tax has hinged on an unusual loophole in the Irish tax code that helps the country compete with other countries for investment and jobs.

Ireland says it is not to blame for Apple Inc's low global tax payments and had no special rate deal with the company.

• The Irish loophole behind Apple's low tax bill

NICOLE WINFIELD - AP

Rumours of a public exorcism swirl after man has seizure as pope prays over him.

He's on our $5 note and was Kiwi all over. But the British think Ed Hillary is one of theirs.

Two hot air balloons collided mid-air during a sightseeing tour of volcanic rock formations in Turkey

Fewer than half the rodents survived, but all the lizards did, after a month of weightlessness orbiting Earth.

Project trains bees to acquire a taste for TNT, encouraging them to seek land mines.

Sole survivor of a car crash was put in body bag and taken to a morgue before medics realised error.

British PM further alienated from his party by aide's "mad swivel-eyed loons" description of supporters.

Treasury report reveals a Cyprus-style banking collapse risk for an independent Scotland.