The most powerful public health official in the US is reviled by some medics - but even some of his critics accept that he is bringing drive to healthcare areas that have long been neglected

Long before the Air India tragedy, the cause of which is still to be determined, people who had worked on the 787 had raised concerns about the production standards

The Government is boxed in from this week's events - and lacks the Houdini skills to escape, says the BBC's Faisal Islam

As the PM marks a year in office next week - which he will spend grappling with crises - British politics finds itself at an inflection point

The war has left the country significantly weakened - and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei a diminished leader