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Sat, 16/01/2016 - 00:28
Oil prices fall below $30 a barrel for the second time this week as the prospect of an end to the ban on Iranian oil exports nears.
Sat, 16/01/2016 - 00:23
The Hyatt hotel chain has posted a global list of hotels hit by malware found on its customer payments system over a four-month period last year.
Sat, 16/01/2016 - 00:11
Six people are in a critical condition - including one in a coma - after clinical trial of new drug in France, the country's health minister says.
Fri, 15/01/2016 - 23:48
Kate Winslet remembers Alan Rickman as "a warm-hearted puppy dog" as tributes continue to be paid to the late Harry Potter actor.
Fri, 15/01/2016 - 23:45
Anglican Church leaders have effectively re-affirmed their opposition to same-sex marriage - by punishing the liberal US Episcopal Church over the issue.
Fri, 15/01/2016 - 23:41
Mohammad Amir takes a wicket on his return from a five-year ban as Pakistan beat New Zealand by 16 runs in a Twenty20 in Auckland.
Fri, 15/01/2016 - 23:23
Twelve former residents of children's homes say they were abused by Lord Janner, a BBC investigation finds, as criminal proceedings against the late peer end.
Fri, 15/01/2016 - 23:14
A 16 metre-high glass shoe church has been built in Taiwan, apparently in a bid to attract more women. Why?
Fri, 15/01/2016 - 23:02
Energy companies are "overcharging in many cases" with bills failing to fall in line with dropping wholesale costs, the industry's regulator Ofgem has said.
Fri, 15/01/2016 - 22:28
A butchered mammoth carcass pulled from frozen sediments in the far north of Russia proves humans were present in the Arctic some 45,000 years ago - 10,000 years earlier than previously indicated.
Fri, 15/01/2016 - 22:15
A week after his recapture we look back at what we have since learned about Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, Mexico's most wanted drugs lord.
Fri, 15/01/2016 - 22:07
America's republican presidential candidates took to the stage on Thursday night and as the race narrows things got nasty.
Fri, 15/01/2016 - 21:54
The police chief in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, has said security forces are looking for terror cells believed to have been involved in Thursday's bomb and gun attack in the city centre.
Fri, 15/01/2016 - 21:46
The lack of table manners displayed by some diners, has prompted a chef in Leamington Spa to ban people from using mobile phones in his restaurant.
Fri, 15/01/2016 - 21:13
BT Group's takeover of mobile phone network EE has been given final clearance by the Competition and Markets Authority.
Fri, 15/01/2016 - 21:11
BHP Billiton has written down the value of its US shale assets by $7.2bn as a result of the collapse in oil and gas prices.
Fri, 15/01/2016 - 19:36
Video-streaming giant Netflix says it is going to stop subscribers from using proxies to view content not available in their home countries.
Fri, 15/01/2016 - 19:31
A BBC investigation has found that the Turkish authorities have detained and deported refugees back to Syria.
Fri, 15/01/2016 - 18:06
Nick Owen of Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue describes the harrowing drive through flooded roads and landslide debris in Cumbria when Storm Desmond hit.
Fri, 15/01/2016 - 17:02
A bus taking passengers to a ski resort in central Japan veers off a mountain road, killing 14 people and injuring many more.
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