UK immigration enforcement have made arrests in connection with a suspected criminal network believed to be behind dozens of fake asylum claims from people pretending to be gay.

US death row inmate Christa Pike is conscious and speaking, after surviving a failed execution attempt in the US state of Tennessee, her lawyers have said.

Saudi Arabia urged to spare man on death row over Facebook post. #BBCNews

A Belgian-born scientist has won the Nobel Prize in physics for his efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos, tiny cosmic particles that researchers believe offer clues to how the universe evolved. Francis Halzen i