Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, has said that it is suing its US rival Apple for infringing patents on mobile phone technology for the iPhone.

New Zealand has been named the 20th best country for quality of life by a UN report on migration and development.

Britain has the biggest drink problem among 13-year-olds in the Western world, according to a major study on child wellbeing published today.

The Russian-crewed ship allegedly carrying timber and hijacked by pirates earlier this month may have actually been carrying secret missiles bound for the Middle East as cargo.

Yesterday, for the second time this week, a naked man started a conversation with me.

Although it was only 3pm, away from the glare of our headlights, darkness was already seeping into the snow covered fields along the roadside.