A Nato helicopter called in to support Afghan police at a highway checkpoint opened fire and mistakenly killed five Afghan officers, officials have said.

The House of Representatives easily passed a bill late on Wednesday to tighten sanctions on Iran, sending a strong message to Tehran over its disputed nuclear programme days before President-elect Hassan Rouhani is sworn in.

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvanirgai says his party considers the vote 'null and void' as election monitors warn that around one million people were denied their vote

Tighter fiscal policy and sluggish global demand, which has dampened exports, are seen as having hobbled the economy in the April-June period

Lonnie Snowden has told Russian TV that he needs to know what the FBI want him to do before flying out to see his son

Teams are vying for a shot at the play-offs to the full competition

Airbus Group will combine its defence and space activities in one division with Airbus Military transporters

The Brazilian side scored a late equaliser in normal time

China's huge manufacturing engine loses steam

The tennis star appeared in ESPN The Magazine's 'Body Issue'

The Reds are on a pre-season tour of Australia and Asia

Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, is in labour and as the world’s media decamps outside the hospital, here is the royal birth in numbers.

A British national kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria has been released, the British High Commission have confirmed.

The mother of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed black teenager who was shot dead in Florida last year by volunteer neighbourhood-watch member George Zimmerman, has said she was “stunned” and felt “disgust” when a jury found her son’s killer not guilty.