Hugh Sykes reports on an evening run of an Iraqi National Theatre production, the first since 2004 and a sell-out.

A 36-year-old man is jailed for life for murdering a toddler who died in hospital on New Year's Day.

Italy's prime minister is unlikely to concede with the Senate result still unclear, says the BBC's David Willey.

A draft report from the US State Department has criticized Radio Sawa for failing to promote democracy in the Middle East

SNP leadership contender Alex Salmond comes under fire over his plans to get back into the Scottish Parliament.

BBC News Online looks back at the last time a Russian leader visited Britain, nearly 130 years ago.

The head of the Confederation of British Industry hits out at red tape, in a sign of a deepening divide between business and government.

President Nelson Mandela has bidden farewell to the African National Congress with a stinging attack on South African whites, some of whom he accused of being involved in a "counter-revolutionary conspiracy."