Birt is on cusp of fourth drivers title and will become third most successful racer of all time

Puigdemont insists in written submission to Senate that taking over powers was an "affront" to Spain's constitution

Follows first ever visit of a Russian Defence minister to Qatar

Fossil sheds light on nature of sub-continent's linkage with South America millions of years ago

Many charred corpses of victims found clustered at back of the factory in an industrial complex

Barclays has now offloaded all non-core activities as part of its global strategic re-think

Released activists included Amnesty International's Turkey director

England paceman says he doesn’t have to hate the Australians

The motive for the attack was not clear, but levels of sexual violence are relatively high in India

A growing number of young Muslims from Indonesia, Egypt and Kazakhstan are also travelling more frequently