Prosecutors say a Frenchwoman has admitted killing eight newborn babies after remains are found in a northern village but says her husband knew nothing.

Electronics giant Sharp says a "substantial" number of jobs will be created following a £30m expansion of its Wrexham factory.

A Sussex vicar is found guilty of carrying out hundreds of sham marriages over four years to bypass immigration law.

Children's heart surgery should remain suspended at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital where four babies died, a report says.

Jarod Newlove, the second of two US servicemen who went missing in Afghanistan last week, is found dead, officials say.

A boat carrying passengers and goods has capsized on a river in the Democratic Republic of Congo killing about 140 people, officials say.

A French woman (pictured) has admitted to killing eight of her newborn babies because "she did not want any more children", the local prosecutor said on Thursday. Her husband, who was also accused, has been released without charge.

A Tamil refugee hunger striker accepts £77,500 in damages over newspaper stories he secretly ate burgers during his protest.

David Cameron and Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh give joint news conference

At least 138 people died after a boat accident in the Democratic Republic of Congo's western Bandundu province, police said on Thursday. A provisional report quoted by the Reuters news agency said the accident occurred on Wednesday.

Second-quarter profits at oil giant Royal Dutch Shell almost double after it completes a year-long restructuring programme.

Italy's lower house of parliament approved a €25 billion austerity package on Thursday aimed at reining in the public deficit. The controversial package includes a three-year salary freeze for public workers and less funding for local governments.

President Bashir's NCP says the referendum on south Sudan's secession cannot happen until the internal border is decided.

French Labour Minister Eric Woerth is being questioned by police investigating the financial affairs of France's richest woman, l'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt.

A partial set of false teeth made for Sir Winston Churchill are sold at auction in Norfolk for £15,200.

A man charged in connection with an alleged hit-and-run at an "Eleventh Night" bonfire feared he would be murdered, a court hears.

UK house prices fell 0.5% in July, the Nationwide says, cutting the annual rate of house price inflation to 6.6% from 8.7%.

Profile of next Army head Gen Sir Peter Wall

Rescue teams in north-east China are working to retrieve 3,000 barrels of chemicals washed into a major river, state media say.

The Catholic Church is to release eyewitness accounts of how 11 people were killed by the Army in west Belfast in 1971.