A plane carrying more than 100 passengers missed the runway and plunged into the sea on the Indonesian resort island of Bali.

Bumi, the Indonesian coal miner introduced to the London market by Nat Rothschild, has warned it could delays its 2012 results again as it continues to review the accounts of its Berau unit.

Detectives investigating reports of historic sexual abuse by a former teacher have widened their investigation to take in at least two other schools.

The lead author of a report which compared seismic activity caused by fracking to the energy produced by someone jumping off a ladder insisted today that his study was fully independent of big energy companies.

She claims she had to smuggle the drugs for a gang threatening one of her sons

The number of female tourists visiting India has fallen by more than one-third since the Delhi gang rape in which a 23-year-old student was killed, according to a survey by the country’s Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

Add magnesium to strontium, and prepare yourself for fireworks

The number one paid mobile app of all time launches spin-off animation

Vending machines ought to follow high street shops on the conveyor belt of death that is online retail. Yet a growing fondness for anonymous shopping (see also supermarket checkout bots) is giving new life to old tech.

The BBC’s closeness to the Home Office has come under fire after the corporation’s security correspondent Gordon Corera accepted a formal role at a behind-closed-doors counter-terrorism event.

A British exit from the European Union would be a catastrophe despite disagreements over capping banker bonuses that have left London increasingly isolated, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told an Austrian newspaper.

Kennel Club allows mongrels to join the pure breeds in main arena for first time

Malaysian police say they have fatally shot 31 Filipino intruders who sparked a security crisis in Borneo.

For the first time in almost 3000 years – a full size Bronze Age style sea-going boat has been launched in Britain. Slipping gracefully down a slipway today into Falmouth Harbour, Cornwall, the 15m-long vessel was then paddled by its 18 person crew for two 500m trial trips.